In the beginning was Palestine, and the story of Younes (Orwa Nyrabia) began, known as Abou Salem, known as the Man, said to be the father of Ibrahim, fighting the English from the age of ...
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Title: Bab el shams (2004)
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| Hiam Abbass | ... | Um Youness | |
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Fadi Abi Samra | ... | Dr. Amjad |
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Hussein Abou Seada | ... | Colonel Mehdi |
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Fady Abou-Samra | ... | Dr. Amgad |
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Mohamad Akil | ... | Responsable OLP |
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Ahmad Al Ahmad | ... | Adnan |
| Darina Al Joundi | ... | Femme fantôme (as Darina El Joundi) | |
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Vivianne Antonios | ... | Epouse de Sameh |
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Muhtaseb Aref | ... | Sheikh Ibrahim |
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Gérard Avedissian | ... | Barman |
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Antoine Balabane | ... | Georges |
| Béatrice Dalle | ... | Catherine | |
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Maher Essam | ... | Selim |
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Hanane Hajj Ali | ... | Zeinab |
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Mohamed Hedaki | ... | Abou Essaf |
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In the beginning was Palestine, and the story of Younes (Orwa Nyrabia) began, known as Abou Salem, known as the Man, said to be the father of Ibrahim, fighting the English from the age of 16, still fighting, but retrenched in the Lebanon, illegal in his own country ; the story of Nahila (Rim Turki) also began, married to him when she was twelve, breast-feeding their first child, born during the villagers' exhausting trek towards the North, fleeing their burning homes, Nahila whom he met secretly in a cave in Bab El Chams, in Galilee. Again it is the story of Doctor Khalil (Bassel Khayat), abandoned by his mother in the shambles of the refugee camps, who, in Beirut, rescued Younes in a deep coma, lulling him with the tragic story of his people ; and yet again it is that of Chams (Hala Omran) whom Khalil loved and was executed by his companions in arms. Fifty years of history full of suffering, hope and love.
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19 January 2005 (Egypt) See more »Also Known As:
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This a very beautiful and very personal account of a story of a nation. Nasrallah did a great job. The dialog, imagery, costumes, acting are superb, touching and very human. Filmography is very good, excellent director of photography.
The fact that it contains two parts is a very subtle distinction between how two generations view the nakbah.
Life in pre-nakbah Palestine is both idyllic and realistic, the depiction life afterwards is very expressive.
The film is a tour de force and emotionally charged.
Two thumbs up!