Once Upon a Time in Gaza

كان ياما كان في غزة

2025·87'

Tarzan Nasser

Drama

★ 5.1

Letterboxd TMDB #1309735

In 2007, Yahya works at his friend Osama’s falafel shop in Gaza, which doubles as a drug dealing front. His entanglement leads him to witness a terrible crime. A couple years later, Gaza’s Ministry of Culture randomly chooses Yahya to star in a TV series that highlights martyrs and heroes of the resistance. As conflict simmers in the distance, Yahya unexpectedly receives real weapons, heightening the stakes as the show provides him with an opportunity to confront the perpetrator of the offense that changed his life.

Cast

Nader Abd Alhay Yahya

Majd Eid Osama

Ramzi Maqdisi Abou Sami

Is'haq Elias The Director

Said Saada The Productor

Hussein Nakhleh The Minister of Foreign Affairs

Osama Malhas The Minister of the Interior

Abood Obeid The Minister of Religious Affairs

Michael Zananiri Israeli Officer

Hayfa Alrabee Government Employee

Mohammed Theyab Neurologist

Reem Hassouneh Reem Hassouneh Pharmacist