A Bottle in the Gaza Sea
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| Directed by | Thierry Binisti |
| Written by | Thierry Binisti, Valérie Zenatti |
| Produced by | TS Productions France 3 Cinéma EMA Films (Canada) Lama Films (Israel) |
| Starring | Agathe Bonitzer Mahmoud Shalaby Hiam Abbass |
| Cinematography | Laurent Brunet |
| Edited by | Jean-Paul Husson |
| Music by | Benoît Charest |
| Distributed by | Roissy Films |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Countries | France Canada Israel |
| Languages | Hebrew Arabic French |
| Budget | €2,000,000 (estimated) |
A Bottle in the Gaza Sea (French: Une bouteille à la mer, Canadian French: Une bouteille dans la mer de Gaza) is a 2011 drama directed by Thierry Binisti based on a novel of the same name. The film, an international co-production shot in French, Hebrew and Arabic, is based on the French young adult novel Une bouteille dans la mer de Gaza by Valérie Zenatti, originally published in 2005 and adapted for the screen by Zenatti and Binisti. Zenatti taught Agathe Bonitzer Hebrew in preparation for starring in the film.
The film received multiple awards in 2011 and 2012, including the Chistera Award for Best Film at the Saint-Jean-de-Luz International Festival, and the Audience Award at the La Réunion Film Festival. It also earned accolades such as the Golden Porthole for Best Adaptation at the From Page to Screen Festival, and Best Actor recognition for Abraham Belaga at the Cabourg Film Festival.