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The discovery of an ancient Greek statue at the bottom of the Gaza sea disrupts the life of an old fisherman—challenging him to approach the woman he secretly loves.
Gaza, today. Sixty-year-old fisherman Issa is secretly in love with Siham, a woman who works as a dressmaker at the market. Finally determined to propose, Issa discovers an ancient statue of Apollo in his fishing net, which he decides to hide at home. When Hamas discovers the existence of this mysterious treasure, troubles begin for Issa. Will he still succeed in professing his love for Siham?

Credits

Director
Tarzan & Arab Nasser
Screenwriter
Tarzan & Arab Nasser
Producer
Rani Massalha, Marie Legrand, Mickael Eckelt, Co-Producers Pandora da Cunha Telles, Pablo Iraola, Rashid Abdelhamid
Co-Producer
Pandora da Cunha Telles, Pablo Iraola, Rashid Abdelhamid
Cast
Salim Daw (confirmed) Hiam Abbass (confirmed) Maisa Abd Elhadi(confirmed)

About the Director

Tarzan Nasser
Tarzan and Arab Nasser are Palestinian filmmakers and visual artists, born in Gaza in 1988—one year after the last cinemas in the Gaza Strip closed. They studied Fine Arts at Al-Aqsa University and developed a passion for cinema from a young age. In 2010, they received the A.M. Qattan Foundation’s Best Artist of the Year Award for ‘Gazawood’, a conceptual series of film posters reflecting military
Arab Nasser
Tarzan and Arab Nasser are Palestinian filmmakers and visual artists, born in Gaza in 1988—one year after the last cinemas in the Gaza Strip closed. They studied Fine Arts at Al-Aqsa University and developed a passion for cinema from a young age. In 2010, they received the A.M. Qattan Foundation’s Best Artist of the Year Award for ‘Gazawood’, a conceptual series of film posters reflecting military
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