A Palestinian boy’s journey to the sea.
Khaled, a 12-year-old Palestinian boy from a village near Ramallah, gets the chance to see the sea for the first time on a school trip. When he is denied entry at a checkpoint, he decides to make the journey alone. His father, Ribhi, leaves his job to search for him, risking arrest and losing his livelihood.
Information
drama | Language: Arabic and Hebrew with English and Hungarian subtitles | 93 min
Director
Shai Carmeli-Pollak
Cast
Khalifa Natour, Muhammad Gazawi, Marlene Bajali, Hilla Sarjon
Featured festivals & awards
Official submission of Israel for the 'Best International Feature Film' category of the 98th Academy Awards.
Tags
feature film, fatherhood, freedom