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The Gate of the Sun

6.0 278 mins War   Romance   Drama   History   2004
ARTE France Cinéma   Ognon Pictures   أفلام مصر العالمية (يوسف شاهين وشركاه)  
Director(s): Yousry Nasrallah

Yousry Nasrallah's powerful adaptation of Lebanese writer Elias Khoury's epic novel of fifty years of Palestinian dispossession, exile, and resistance. The film follows the flight of Younes, his wife Nahila, and those around them, from their village in northern Palestine to a refugee camp in Lebanon. Some vow to continue the struggle, most simply struggle to survive. Unsparingly detailing the impact of the nakba (disaster) on Palestinian life and society and the refugees' often-contentious relationship with their reluctant Lebanese hosts, Gate of the Sun spans generations, mixing personal stories with historical events.

Casts of The Gate of the Sun

Hiam Abbass

as Um Youness

Rim Turkhi

as Nahila

Béatrice Dalle

as Catherine

Orwa Nyrabia

as Youness

Bassem Samra

as Interrogateur

Darina Al Joundi

as Femme fantôme

Hussein Abou Seada

as Colonel Mehdi

Fadi Abi Samra

as Dr. Amgad

Ahmad Al Ahmad

as Adnan

Antoine Balabane

as Georges

Nadera Omran

as Um Hasan

Bassel Khayyat

as Khaleel

Wissam Smayra

as Himself

Hala Omran

as Shams

Mohammad Hadaki

as Abou Essaf

Talal Jordy

as Tortionnaire

Hanane Hajj Ali

as Zeinab

Mohamed Akil

as Responsable OLP

Vivianne Antonios

as Epouse de Sameh

Gérard Avedissian

as Barman

Ragaa Kotrosh

as Om Soliman

Qasim Melho

as Ostaz Youssef

Muhtaseb Aref

as Sheikh Ibrahim

Maher Essam

as Selim

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