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Gaza mon amour (2020)

Gaza mon amour poster
Original title
غزة مُونامور
Directed by
Arab Nasser, Tarzan Nasser
Genre
drama film, comedy film, romance film
Country
Palestine, Qatar, Jordan, Germany
Runtime
1h 27m
Rated
18A
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 32 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A middle-aged fisherman in Gaza secretly loves a woman who works at a market stall. When he finds a small statue while fishing, his quiet life starts to change.

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What happens

Gaza mon amour (lit. 'Gaza my love') is a romantic dramedy film, directed by Tarzan Nasser and Arab Nasser and released in 2020. It is a coproduction of companies from Palestine, France, Germany, Portugal, California and Qatar. The film premiered at the 2020 Venice Film Festival. It was subsequently screened at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival, where it was named the winner of the NETPAC Award for best Asian film at the festival. It was selected as the Palestinian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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