Tale of the Three Jewels (1995)

حكاية الجواهر الثلاثة

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.

Production

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