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The Gate of the Sun

2004
Directed by Yousry Nasrallah
DramaHistoryRomance

Cast

Hiam Abbass Bassel Khayyat Hala Abdallah

Plot

In a hospital in Beirut, Nahila, a Palestinian nurse, tells a comatose freedom fighter, Yunes, the story of their life and love, from the 1948 exodus to the refugee camps in Lebanon and the war. Yousry Nasrallah's 2004 two-part epic, based on the novel by Elias Khoury, is a long, tender portrait of Palestinian memory and exile.

Sinekatalog’s take

Yousry Nasrallah's two-part epic has a Palestinian nurse tell the story of her life and love to a comatose fighter, from the 1948 exodus to the camps in Lebanon. Hiam Abbass leads a large, patient, moving film that gives a century of loss a human face.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

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