How Kids Roll (2024)

Original title

I bambini di Gaza - Sulle onde della libertà

Directed by

Loris Lai

Genre

drama film

Country

Italy, Belgium, United States

Runtime

1h 53m

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 12 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Palestinian boy and an Israeli boy become friends through their shared love of surfing during the war in Gaza in 2003.

hopefultenderbittersweetquietly intensehumanizingearnestgentle

What happens

How Kids Roll (Italian: I bambini di Gaza – Sulle onde della libertà, lit. 'The Children of Gaza – On the Waves of Freedom') is a 2024 drama film directed by Loris Lai in his feature directorial debut, from a screenplay he co-wrote with Dahlia Heyman, freely inspired by the 2013 Italian novel Sulle onde della libertà (lit. 'On the Waves of Freedom') by Nicoletta Bortolotti. It tells the story of two boys, one Palestinian and the other Israeli, who form an unlikely friendship due to their mutual love for surfing amidst the war in the Gaza Strip during the Second Intifada in 2003. It stars Marwan Hamdan, Mikhael Fridel, Tom Rhys Harries, and Lyna Khoudri. The film is a co-production between Italy, United States and Belgium. The film was released theatrically in Italy by Eagle Pictures on 28 March 2024. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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