Tale of the Three Jewels (1995) — Top Movie Database

Production companies : BBC / Foundation Montecinema Verità / La Sept-Arte / One World of Broadcasters / Sindibad Films / Sourat Films / Television Trust for the Environment / TVE /

January 2, 1995 1h 52m Belgium Drama Arabic More

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A Palestinian boy becomes entranced with a beautiful Romani girl and a fairy tale world she weaves amidst conflict in Gaza. The children explore nature, mysticism and what their future holds, while learning to live with the surrounding brutality c. 1990. Yusef's family scrapes by in a seaside camp while his father's in prison and his heavily-armed brother's on the run, parrying with Israeli troops. Salah, Yusef's schoolmate from a well-off Arab family strives faithfully to assist them, while Yusef helps an elderly, blind neighbor escape from his lonely abandonment into the North American dreamworld he's waited so long for.

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title：Tale of the Three Jewels
status：Released
Release date： 1995
Runtime：1h 52m
Genres： Drama ·
Countries of origin： Belgium · France · Palestinian Territory · Spain · United Kingdom ·
Original Language： Arabic ·
Director： Michel Khleifi /
Writers： Michel Khleifi ·
Production companies： BBC · Foundation Montecinema Verità · La Sept-Arte · One World of Broadcasters · Sindibad Films · Sourat Films · Television Trust for the Environment · TVE ·
Overview：A Palestinian boy becomes entranced with a beautiful Romani girl and a fairy tale world she weaves amidst conflict in Gaza. The children explore nature, mysticism and what their future holds, while learning to live with the surrounding brutality c. 1990. Yusef's family scrapes by in a seaside camp while his father's in prison and his heavily-armed brother's on the run, parrying with Israeli troops. Salah, Yusef's schoolmate from a well-off Arab family strives faithfully to assist them, while Yusef helps an elderly, blind neighbor escape from his lonely abandonment into the North American dreamworld he's waited so long for.