The Gate of Sun

The Gate of Sun (باب الشمس, translit. Bab el shams, 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.

Plot
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.

Cast

 * Hiam Abbass - 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 Dalle - 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