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Michel Khleifi's film is a glimmering parable about the meaning of
life, about beauty and freedom and about the 'three borders' that
govern our destiny: time, space and flesh... a jewel." - The
Independent on Sunday 
Tale of the Three Jewels
is a moving parable and the first feature film ever to be filmed in
the Gaza Strip. Made in the days following the Hebron Massacre—and
before the arrival of the Palestinian Authority—it tells the story
of Yussef, a twelve-year-old boy who lives in an imaginary world of
his own and often escapes from the surrounding violence to the
beautiful Gaza countryside.
One day he
meets Aida, a ravishing gypsy girl with whom he falls in love. When
Yussef declares his intention of marrying her when they grow up, she
tells him that he must first find three jewels missing from her
grandmother’s necklace, which was brought from South America by her
grandfather. This sets him off on an amazing adventure.
Type:
Feature Film
Director:
Michel Khleifi
Year:
1995
Time:
107 minutes
Language:
In Arabic with English subtitles |
