The Tower

Nov 30, 2018

1h 14m

★ 7.0

Overview

Eleven-year-old Wardi’s great-grandfather leaves behind a will suggesting looking to the past to find the future. Searching the house, Wardi finds out about her Palestinian homeland from family memories.

Genres

Animation

Drama

Production Companies

Tenk.tv

Cinecic Film

Les Contes Modernes

The Tower Trailers

Cast

Sidi (voice)

Michalis Koutsogiannakis

Yehia (voice)

Saleh Bakri

Aunt Hanan (voice)

Najila Said

Pigeon boy (voice)

Morad Hassan

Lina (voice)

Darina Al Joundi

Wardi (voice)

Pauline Ziadé

Tante Hannan (voice)

Aïssa Maïga

Mouna Hawa

Makram J. Khoury

Pigeon Boy (voice)

Slimane Dazi

Yassar (voice)

Lina Soualem

Sidi (voice)

Saïd Amadis

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