| The Gate of Sun | |
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| Directed by | Yousry Nasrallah |
| Written by | Yousry Nasrallah Elias Khoury Muhammad Suwaid |
| Produced by | Humbert Balsan |
| Starring | Hiam Abbass Orwa Nyrabia |
| Cinematography | Samir Bahzan |
| Edited by | Luc Barnier |
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Running time | 278 minutes |
| Countries | Egypt France |
| Language | Arabic |
The Gate of Sun (Arabic: باب الشمس, translit. Bab el shams, French: La Porte du soleil) is a 2004 French-Egyptian war film directed by Yousry Nasrallah and based on the novel by Elias Khoury. It was screened out of competition at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
The film spans 50 years of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict with a central group of Palestinian refugees who were expelled from the Galilee in 1948.[2][3]
