Overview

• Set in 2007, the film follows three protagonists—a student, a drug dealer and a corrupt policeman—whose intertwining stories illustrate Gaza’s blockade-driven hardships.
• After leaving Gaza in 2012 due to production challenges under blockade and Hamas rule, the filmmakers recreated the territory’s destroyed streets on locations in Jordan.
• The film earned the Prix de la mise en scène in Un Certain Regard at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival before its June 25 theatrical release.
• Early reviews praise its complex exploration of resilience and survival but criticize uneven writing and direction in its B-movie approach.
• A film-within-a-film subplot critiques Hamas’s use of cinema for propaganda, interwoven with real footage of Israeli bombardments and President Trump’s February “Gaza Riviera” remarks.