Once Upon a Time in Gaza

Overview

In 2007, Yahya works at his friend Osama’s falafel shop in Gaza, which doubles as a drug dealing front. His entanglement leads him to witness a terrible crime. A couple years later, Gaza’s Ministry of Culture randomly chooses Yahya to star in a TV series that highlights martyrs and heroes of the resistance. As conflict simmers in the distance, Yahya unexpectedly receives real weapons, heightening the stakes as the show provides him with an opportunity to confront the perpetrator of the offense that changed his life.

Directed by Arab Nasser, Tarzan Nasser

Top cast

Nader Abd Alhay

Yahya

Majd Eid

Osama

Ramzi Maqdisi

Abou Sami

Is'haq Elias

The Director

S

Said Saada

The Productor

H

Hussein Nakhleh

The Minister of Foreign Affairs

O

Osama Malhas

The Minister of the Interior

A

Abood Obeid

The Minister of Religious Affairs

M

Michael Zananiri

Israeli Officer

H

Hayfa Alrabee

Government Employee

M

Mohammed Theyab

Neurologist

R

Reem Hassouneh

Reem Hassouneh Pharmacist

B

Batoul Abu Jafar

Pharmacist Assistant

O

Omar Al-Joukhi

(uncredited)

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