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A Plate of Sardines is a french film of genre Documentary directed by Omar Amiralay with Mohamed Malas

A Plate of Sardines (1997)

A Plate of Sardines
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Length 17minutes
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OriginFrance
Rating70% 3.540913.540913.540913.540913.54091

A Plate of Sardines (Arabic: طبق السردين‎) is a Syrian documentary film by the director Omar Amiralay. This short documentary tells Amiralay's own story about how he first heard of Israel. In his own words, "The first time I heard of Israel, it was in Beirut, talking about a sardine dish. I was 6 years old, Israel was 2." The film records Amiralay's filmmaker friend Mohamed Malas own reflections on his own native city of Quneitra before and after the Israeli-occupation and later liberation of the city. All the while strolling around the ruins of what's left of Quneitra.



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Un homme se souvient du conflit au Moyen-Orient à travers sa mémoire personnelle. Dans ce court documentaire, Amiralay se penche sur la première fois qu'il a entendu parler d'Israël. A travers des conversations enregistrées avec le cinéaste Mohamed Malas, Amiralay et Malas partagent leurs propres histoires et expériences sur Israël et l'occupation israélienne.

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Mohamed Malas

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