A Bottle in the Gaza Sea (2010)

Original title

Une bouteille à la mer

Directed by

Thierry Binisti

Genre

drama film

Country

Israel, France, Canada

Runtime

1h 40m

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 33 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A French teenager throws a message in a bottle into the Gaza Sea hoping to reach an Israeli young person. She begins exchanging emails with a Palestinian man named Naim, and their online correspondence helps them understand each other's lives amid the conflict.

tenderpoignantbittersweetslow-pacedemotionally resonantcontemplativehopefulintimate

What happens

A Bottle in the Gaza Sea (French: Une bouteille à la mer, Canadian French: Une bouteille dans la mer de Gaza) is a 2011 drama directed by Thierry Binisti based on a novel of the same name. The film, an international co-production shot in French, Hebrew and Arabic, is based on the French young adult novel Une bouteille dans la mer de Gaza by Valérie Zenatti, originally published in 2005 and adapted for the screen by Zenatti and Binisti. Zenatti taught Agathe Bonitzer Hebrew in preparation for starring in the film. The film received multiple awards in 2011 and 2012, including the Chistera Award for Best Film at the Saint-Jean-de-Luz International Festival, and the Audience Award at the La Réunion Film Festival. It also earned accolades such as the Golden Porthole for Best Adaptation at the From Page to Screen Festival, and Best Actor recognition for Abraham Belaga at the Cabourg Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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