He then worked as an assistant director on INDOCHINE by Régis Wargnier, APRÈS L’AMOUR by Diane Kurys and TOUT LE MONDE N’A PAS EU LA CHANCE D’AVOIR DES PARENTS COMMUNISTES by Jean-Jacques Zilbermann. Following a bomb attack on a local café, she throws a bottle into the sea near Gaza with a message asking for an explanation. She slips the letter into a bottle, and her brother throws it into the sea near Gaza, where he is carrying out his military service. Film Movement has acquired North American rights to the French/Israeli drama “A Bottle in the Gaza Sea,” directed by Thierry Binisti. A few weeks later, Tal receives an e-mail response from a mysterious “Gazaman,” a young Palestinian named Naïm. T hough never made explicit in the film’s credits, it should come as no surprise that Thierry Binisti’s A Bottle in the Gaza Sea is based on a young-adult novel. Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! A bottle in the Gaza Sea. Jerusalem and Gaza - less than a hundred kilometers separate the two cities; home to Tal, a 17-year-old recent French immigrant to Jerusalem, and Naïm, a 20-year-old Palestinian confined to Gaza. A Bottle in the Gaza Sea (French: Une bouteille à la mer, Quebec French: Une bouteille dans la mer de Gaza) is a 2011 drama directed by Thierry Binisti. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A_Bottle_in_the_Gaza_Sea&oldid=949864890, Pages using infobox film with unknown empty parameters, Articles with French-language sources (fr), Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 8 April 2020, at 23:40. From there begins an email correspondence and the emergence of a … Thierry Binisti started out making short films for the Forum des Images, previously known as the Vidéothèque de la Ville de Paris. All they do is help you misjudge someone. This Article is related to: News and tagged Acquisitions. The film is an adaptation of Valerie Zennati’s award-winning novel of the same name. And there’s certainly no arguing with the film’s worthwhile themes of tolerance and mutual acceptance. From there begins an email correspondence and the emergence of a slim hope that their burgeoning friendship may give them the strength to face the world and to change it in their own small way. It proved the wrong stereotype's don't prove anything. Copyright © 2020 Penske Business Media, LLC. Zenatti taught Agathe Bonitzer Hebrew in preparation for starring in the film.[1]. FILM MOVEMENT ACQUIRES FRENCH/ISRAELI DRAMA “A BOTTLE IN THE GAZA SEA”, The film adaptation of Zennati’s award-winning novel to be. This engrossing and hopeful drama starring Hiam Abbas is based on the award-winning novel by Valérie Zenatti. Directed by Thierry Binisti, the feature film is an adaption of French-Israeli author Valérie Zennati’s award-winning novel of the same name.A BOTTLE IN THE GAZA SEA is in Hebrew, French and Arabic and touches on universal themes of love and growing up, with a powerful message of hope in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. We cannot think of a better message to want to share with our audience” says Film Movement’s VP of Acquisitions and Distribution Rebeca Conget. She writes a letter expressing her refusal to accept that only hatred can reign between Israelis and Palestinians. She slips a message into a bottle, thrown into the Gaza Sea, that will be discovered by Naïm. [Valérie Zenatti; Adriana Hunter] -- Seventeen-year-old Tal Levine of Jerusalem, despondent over the ongoing Arab-Israeli conflict, puts her hopes for peace in a bottle and asks her And thus begins a turbulent but tender long-distance friendship between two young people that are separated by a history they are trying both to understand and change. Zenati doesn't seem to hold back in her descriptions of the turbulence-ridden Middle East and how deep the animosity runs. She slips a message into a bottle, thrown into the Gaza Sea, that will be discovered by Naïm. Tal (Agathe Bonitzer) is the 17-year-old daughter of recent French immigrants to Israel who live in Jerusalem. Film Movement will release it theatrically later this year. May 14th, 2012 (New York, NY)– Film Movement (www.filmmovement.com), the North American film distribution company that brings first-run, award-winning independent and foreign films to fans all across the country, announced today their acquisition of A BOTTLE IN THE GAZA SEA (Une bouteille à la Mer). The film stars Mahmud Shalaby, a young Arab Israeli actor best known for his performance in other Film Movement titles (Jaffa, Free Men) and Palestinian actress Hiam Abbas (The Visitor, The Lemon Tree, Munich). The film will enjoy a theatrical opening in Q4 of 2012, with a limited national roll-out to follow, as well as a day-and-date Cable Video on Demand premiere. Their mutual suspicion soon develops into a tender friendship. Review Inspiration for writing the novel The book was entertaining for me to read. Tal is a 17-year-old Frenchwoman who has settled in Jerusalem with her family. Get The Latest IndieWire Alerts And Newsletters Delivered Directly To Your Inbox. Festival of Young Filmmakers at Saint Jean de Luz, France: Winner of Best Film, October 2012, From Page to Image Film Festival at Croisic, France: Grand Prize winner, October 2012, Rouyn Noranda Film Festival, Quebec: Special Jury Mention, October 2012, Reunion Island Film Festival, France: Best Actor (Mahmoud Shalaby), Audience Award and Young Jury Award, May 2012, Festival de Bastia, Corse, France : Jury Award et Public’s Choice Award, February 2012, Heartland Film Festival, Indiana, USA: Narrative Feature Award and Audience Choice Award, August 2012, Busan International Film Festival, South Korea, October 2013, New York Jewish Film Festival, January 2013, San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, July 2013, Israeli Film Festival of Montreal, June 2013, Distributor in Canada : Filmoption International. The book had an entertaining ring to it, yet a powerful

Get this from a library! In Zenatti’s ‘A bottle in the Gaza Sea’, she has incorporated the themes of War, Death and International Barriers through the usage of language techniques to emphasise the importance of the said themes … A Bottle in the Gaza Sea (French: Une bouteille à la mer, Quebec French: Une bouteille dans la mer de Gaza) is a 2011 drama directed by Thierry Binisti. All rights reserved. The acquisition of A BOTTLE IN THE GAZA SEA was negotiated by Film Movement’s VP of Acquisitions and Distribution Rebeca Conget, and Cécile Fouché from Europacorp. A Bottle in the Gaza Sea An Internet-age Romeo & Juliet tale in which the tragedy is more political than personal, "A Bottle in the Gaza Sea" adapts Valerie Zenatti's much … After his first feature L’OUTREMANGEUR, he made many docudramas for French television. After witnessing a bombing at her local café, Tal refuses to accept that only hatred can exist between these two peoples. ‘Soul’ Aims for Oscar Glory as Disney Shifts to Streaming, but Not All Films Deserve the Same Release, How Closed Theaters, Drive-In Movies, and Netflix Supremacy Are Shaping Oscar Season, ‘Chicago 7’ Vs. the World: How Aaron Sorkin’s Awards-Friendly Epic Jolted a Strange Awards Season, Introducing ‘Deep Dive’: Damon Lindelof and His Team Go Behind the Scenes of ‘Watchmen’, ‘Succession’: How Editing Helps Every Dinner Scene Come to Life — Deep Dive, Becoming Hooded Justice: The ‘Watchmen’ Craft Team Analyzes the Emotional, Pivotal Scene – Deep Dive, 40 Must-See New Movies to See This Fall Season, The Best Movies Eligible for the 2021 Oscars Right Now, Jessie Buckley Won’t Explain ‘Ending Things,’ but She Will Reveal What Terrified Her Most. Sign up for our Email Newsletters here. He directed the short film LE LIVRE DE MINUIT in 1996; starring Dominique Blanc and produced by TS Productions, it won many prizes in short-film festivals. A BOTTLE IN THE GAZA SEA is an intense, powerful, and eye-opening experience. These shorts explored the themes of the city’s history, its inhabitants and its particular atmosphere. Sign up for our Email Newsletters here. But hers is also a Interviews with leading film and TV creators about their process and craft. Sign Up: Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! “This wonderful film stresses the positive power of individual personal relationships over collective beliefs and generalizations, with reason and hope triumphing at the end. The film, an international co-production shot in French, Hebrew and Arabic, is based on the French young adult novel Une bouteille dans la mer de Gaza by Valérie Zenatti, originally published in 2005 and adapted for the screen by Zenatti and Binisti.

Official Selection – Busan International Film Festival, Official Selection – New York Jewish Film Festival, Official Selection – Toronto Jewish Film Festival. Naïm (Mahmoud Shalaby), a sensitive but aimless 20-year-old Palestinian living in Gaza, discovers the bottle and tries to answer Tal's question by initiating an email correspondence. A BOTTLE IN THE GAZA SEA is in Hebrew, French and Arabic and touches on universal themes of love and growing up, with a powerful message of hope in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.