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  • 2013
  • Not Rated
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 40 m
  • 2013
  • Not Rated
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 40 m

Summary Tai is 17 years old. Naim is 20. She's Israeli. He's Palestinian. She lives in Jerusalem. He lives in Gaza. They were born in a land of scorched earth, where fathers bury their children. They must endure an explosive situation that is not of their choosing at an age where young people are falling in love and taking their place in adult l...

Directed By: Thierry Binisti

Written By: Valérie Zenatti, Thierry Binisti

  • 2013
  • Not Rated
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 40 m
  • 2013
  • Not Rated
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 40 m

A Bottle in the Gaza Sea (Une bouteille à la mer)

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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Summary Tai is 17 years old. Naim is 20. She's Israeli. He's Palestinian. She lives in Jerusalem. He lives in Gaza. They were born in a land of scorched earth, where fathers bury their children. They must endure an explosive situation that is not of their choosing at an age where young people are falling in love and taking their place in adult l...

Directed By: Thierry Binisti

Written By: Valérie Zenatti, Thierry Binisti

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 8 Critic Reviews
58
25% Positive
2 Reviews
75% Mixed
6 Reviews
0% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 8 Critic Reviews
58
25% Positive
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75% Mixed
6 Reviews
0% Negative
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75
Jan 4, 2013
Directed and co-written by Thierry Binisti, a TV veteran, the film boasts solid acting (especially from red-haired Bonitzer) and handsome cinematography.
By V.A. Musetto FULL REVIEW
70
Jan 3, 2013
Fueled by neither anger nor religious extremism - the director, Thierry Binisti, remains rigidly nonpartisan - "Bottle" is a gentle pairing of youthful idealism and tenacious hope.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW
60
Jan 7, 2013
Ultimately A Bottle in the Gaza Sea adds little insight into a conflict that has already inspired several powerful dramas, such as the recent "The Other Son," and is sadly likely to be the subject of many more.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
60
Jan 1, 2013
The film's notion that a little understanding and a lot of e-mailing would basically solve the Middle East crisis, however, is as reductive as it is utopian.
By David Fear FULL REVIEW
50
Jan 2, 2013
Although smoothly directed, A Bottle in the Gaza Sea has little visual personality or dramatic urgency. What might have been a tough and adult take on a bond full of hope but thwarted by war plays more like an after-school special.
By Jon Frosch FULL REVIEW
50
Jan 1, 2013
The initially cynical Naim suggests Tal's project is insignificant, nothing but a bottle of hope bobbing about in a sea of enmity – and so too this film.
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50
Jan 1, 2013
The film obviously can't resolve the conflict between Palestine and Israel, but the resolution to the story's arc feels nonetheless forced and misplaced.
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Production Company TS Productions, EMA Films, Lama Films, France 3 Cinéma, Canal+, France Télévisions, Ciné+, Société de Développement des Entreprises Culturelles (SODEC), Israel Film Fund, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Société des Producteurs de Cinéma et de Télévision (Procirep), Angoa-Agicoa, MEDIA Programme of the European Union, Sofica Europacorp, Cinémage 5, Palatine Étoile 8, Soficinéma 6, France 3
Release Date Jan 4, 2013
Duration 1 h 40 m
Rating Not Rated
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Awards

Lumiere Awards, France
• 3 Nominations
Jutra Awards
• 1 Nomination

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