
The Gate of the Sun 2004
Overview
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 relat
Director: Yousry Nasrallah
Cast

Hiam Abbass
Um Youness

Rim Turkhi
Nahila

Bรฉatrice Dalle
Catherine
Orwa Nyrabia
Youness

Bassem Samra
Interrogateur

Darina Al Joundi
Femme fantรดme
Hussein Abou Seada
Colonel Mehdi

Fadi Abi Samra
Dr. Amgad

Ahmad Al Ahmad
Adnan
Antoine Balabane
Georges