Publication
Imprint: Seattle, Washington : Arab Film Distribution, 2008. Context: Originally released as a motion picture in 1995. Responsibility: produced by Robert Lamb, Jenny Richards ; directed & written by Michel Khleifi. Credits: Cinemtography, Raymond Fromont ; editors, Marie Castro-Vasquez, Pauline Dairou, Ludo Troch, Roger Van Eyck ; original music, Jean-Marie SeÌnia. Cast: Mohammed Nahnal, Bushra Karaman, Raida Adon, Makram Khoury, Mohammed Sheikh.. OCLC Number: 244581053. Language: Arabic or Hebrew dialogue, English subtitles. Physical: 1 videodisc (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Call number
DVD / Front Desk
UPC
643519121196
Original publication date
1995
Collections
CSS Library Notes
Description: From acclaimed director Michel Khleifi (Wedding In Galilee), Tale of the Three Jewels is the first feature ever filmed in the Gaza Strip. Made in the days following the Hebron Massacre and before the arrival of the Palestinian Authority, the film tells the story of twelve-year-old Yusef, who escapes from the chaos of the ongoing Palestinian-Israeli conflict by looking for birds in the tranquil countryside. One day his hunt is interrupted by Aida, a ravishing gypsy girl from a nearby neighborhood. Yusef is immediately smitten, but when he declares his intention of making Aida his bride, she says he must first find the three jewels missing from a necklace that was brought from South America by her grandfather. Yusef quickly formulates a plan to cross the sea in order to fulfill Aida's request and win her love.
Screened in the Director's Fortnight section of the Cannes Film Festival in 1995, Tale of the Three Jewels effectively utilizes the grim backdrop of the war-ravaged Gaza Strip as contrast for Michel Khleifi's whimsical story of romantic longing and the power of imagination.
FY2010 / jvsn
Screened in the Director's Fortnight section of the Cannes Film Festival in 1995, Tale of the Three Jewels effectively utilizes the grim backdrop of the war-ravaged Gaza Strip as contrast for Michel Khleifi's whimsical story of romantic longing and the power of imagination.
FY2010 / jvsn
Physical description
4.75 inches
Original language
Arabic