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Once Upon a Time in Gaza

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Once Upon a Time in Gaza

Jun 25, 2025

1h 27m

★ 5.1

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Les Films du Tambour

Kometa Films

Made in Palestine Project

Ukbar Filmes

Riva Film

Jordan Pioneers

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Cast

Nader Abd Alhay

Yahya

Nader Abd Alhay

Majd Eid

Osama

Majd Eid

Ramzi Maqdisi

Abou Sami

Ramzi Maqdisi

Is'haq Elias

The Director

Is'haq Elias

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The Productor

Said Saada

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The Minister of Foreign Affairs

Hussein Nakhleh

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The Minister of the Interior

Osama Malhas

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The Minister of Religious Affairs

Abood Obeid

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Israeli Officer

Michael Zananiri

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Government Employee

Hayfa Alrabee

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Neurologist

Mohammed Theyab

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Reem Hassouneh Pharmacist

Reem Hassouneh