Tale of the Three Jewels

1h 52min

Drama

A Palestinian boy becomes entranced with a beautiful Romani girl and a fairy tale world she weaves amidst conflict in Gaza. The children explore nature, mysticism and what their future holds, while learning to live with the surrounding brutality c. 1990. Yusef's family scrapes by in a seaside camp while his father's in prison and his heavily-armed brother's on the run, parrying with Israeli troops. Salah, Yusef's schoolmate from a well-off Arab family strives faithfully to assist them, while Yusef helps an elderly, blind neighbor escape from his lonely abandonment into the North American dreamworld he's waited so long for.

Production Companies

BBC

Foundation Montecinema Verità

La Sept-Arte

One World of Broadcasters

Sindibad Films

Sourat Films

Television Trust for the Environment

TVE

Cast

Bushra Qaraman

Bushra Qaraman

Yusef's mother
Mohammad Bakri

Mohammad Bakri

Aida's father
Amir Halabi

Amir Halabi

Salah's father
Umm Fayez

Umm Fayez

Aida's grandmother
Ahmad Abu Sal'oum

Ahmad Abu Sal'oum

Yusef's father
Khalifa Natour

Khalifa Natour

Officer #1
Dirar Suleiman

Dirar Suleiman

Officer #2

Release date

2nd Jan 1995

Status

Released

Spoken languages

العربية