The Gate of Sun
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The Gate of Sun is a 2004 French-Egyptian war film
directed by Yousry Nasrallah
. It was screened out of competition at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival
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War film
War films are a film genre concerned with warfare, usually about naval, air or land battles, sometimes focusing instead on prisoners of war, covert operations, military training or other related subjects. At times war films focus on daily military or civilian life in wartime without depicting battles...
directed by Yousry Nasrallah
Yousry Nasrallah
Yousry Nasrallah is an Egyptian film director.Nasrallah was born to a Coptic Christian family in Cairo. He graduated in economics and political science at Cairo University. Following, he worked as a film critic and directing assistant in Beirut from 1978 to 1982...
. It was screened out of competition at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival
2004 Cannes Film Festival
The 2004 Cannes Film Festival started on May 12 and ran until May 23. The Palme d'Or went to the American film Fahrenheit 9/11 by Michael Moore.-Jury:* Quentin Tarantino, President * Emmanuelle Béart * Edwidge Danticat * Tilda Swinton...
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Cast
- Hiam AbbassHiam AbbassHiam Abbass , also known as Hiam Abbas or Hiyam Abbas, is a Palestinian actress and an Arab citizen of Israel. She is known for her roles in the films Satin Rouge , Haifa , Paradise Now , The Syrian Bride , Free Zone , Dawn of the World , The Visitor , Lemon Tree , and Amreeka...
- Um Youness - Fady Abou-Samra - Dr. Amgad
- Hussein Abou Seada - Colonel Mehdi
- Mohamed Akil - Responsible OLP
- Ahmad Al Ahmad - Adnan
- Vivianne Antonios - Epouse de Sameh
- Muhtaseb Aref - Sheikh Ibrahim
- Gérard Avedissian - Barman
- Antoine Balabane - Georges
- Béatrice DalleBéatrice Dalle-Biography:Dalle was born in Brest, Finistère, France, as Béatrice Cabarrou. In 1985 she married the painter Jean-François Dalle but they divorced in 1988....
- Catherine - Darina El Joundi - Femme fantôme
- Maher Essam - Selim
- Hanane Hajj Ali - Zeinab
- Mohamed Hedaki - Abou Essaf
- Talal Jordy - Tortionnaire
- Bassel Khayyat - Khaleel
- Ragaa Kotrosh - Om Soliman
- Kassem Melho - Ostaz Youssef
- Orwa Nyrabia - Youness
- Hala Omran - Shams
- Nadira Omran - Um Hasan
- Bassem Samra - Interrogateur
- Wissam Smayra - Himself
- Rim Turkhi - Nahila