A Bottle in the Gaza Sea
2010 · Movie · Not Rated · 100 min · ★ 6.7 · 64% critics
A teenager in Jerusalem sends a message in a bottle that sparks an email exchange with a young man in Gaza. As violence and restrictions press in on both sides, their growing connection becomes a fragile lifeline, testing whether empathy and honest conversation can survive a daily reality shaped by fear and conflict.
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Details
- Original title
- Une bouteille à la mer
- Years
- 2010
- Release date
- 2011-10-08
- Language
- French
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Critic score
- 64/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.7/10 (33 votes)
About
If you’re drawn to intimate, message-driven dramas about connection across conflict, this may resonate, especially if you liked Omar; Not for you if you want fast pacing, clear-cut politics, or lighter romance.
Pros: heartfelt cross-border connection; thoughtful peace message; tense everyday stakes | Cons: thin early storytelling; overly romantic premise; polarizing political angle
Cast & crew
Hiam Abbass
as Intessar
Abraham Belaga
as Eytan
Agathe Bonitzer
as Tal
- RC
Reef Cohen
as Efrat
François Loriquet
as Thomas
Loai Nofi
as Hakim
Mahmoud Shalaby
Directed by Thierry Binisti