Once Upon a Time in Gaza (2025)

5.1/10 87 min Drama

Overview

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

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