The Gate of Sun explained

The Gate of Sun
Director:	Yousry Nasrallah
Producer:	Humbert Balsan
Starring:	Hiam Abbass Orwa Nyrabia
Cinematography:	Samir Bahzan
Editing:	Luc Barnier
Runtime:	278 minutes
Country:	Egypt France
Language:	Arabic

The Gate of Sun (Arabic: باب الشمس, translit. Bab el shams, French: La Porte du soleil) is a 2004 French-Egyptian war film directed by Yousry Nasrallah and based on the novel by Elias Khoury. It was screened out of competition at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival.^[1]

Plot

The film spans 50 years of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict with a central group of Palestinian refugees who were expelled from the Galilee in 1948.^{[2] [3]}

Cast

• Hiam Abbass - Um Youness
• Fady Abou-Samra - Dr. Amgad
• Hussein Abou Seada - Colonel Mehdi
• Mohamed Akil - Responsible OLP
• Ahmad Al Ahmad - Adnan
• Vivianne Antonios - Epouse de Sameh
• Muhtaseb Aref - Sheikh Ibrahim
• Gérard Avedissian - Barman
• Antoine Balabane - Georges
• Béatrice Dalle - Catherine
• Darina El Joundi - Femme fantôme
• Maher Essam - Selim
• Hanane Hajj Ali - Zeinab
• Mohamed Hedaki - Abou Essaf
• Talal Jordy - Tortionnaire
• Bassel Khayyat - Khaleel
• Ragaa Kotrosh - Om Soliman
• Kassem Melho - Ostaz Youssef
• Orwa Nyrabia - Youness
• Hala Omran - Shams
• Nadira Omran - Um Hasan
• Bassem Samra - Interrogateur
• Wissam Smayra - Himself
• Rim Turkhi - Nahila

Notes and References

1. Web site: Festival de Cannes: The Gate of Sun . 5 December 2009. festival-cannes.com.
2. Web site: Doherty . Benjamin . 2005-04-18 . Film review: Door to the Sun . 2023-10-31 . The Electronic Intifada . en.
3. Web site: 2013-04-16 . Elias Khoury’s Gate of the Sun . 2023-10-31 . Arab Hyphen . en.