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Release Date:
January 15, 2020
Original Title:
L'Apollon de Gaza
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
Akka Films
ONF | NFB
RTS
Production Countries:
Canada | Switzerland
Ratings / Certifications:
CA: 14A
Runtime: 78
In 2013, a 2,000-year-old statue of Apollo was found near Gaza, only to disappear all of a sudden. Apollo, god of art, beauty and divinations, incites all sorts of rumors, even the craziest ones. The Apollo of Gaza is at once an inquiry and a meditation on history, plunging us into the barely known reality of a territory that is still paying the price of wars and a merciless blockade, but where life also subsists, undefeated. By bringing a little light to the sky of Gaza, the statue and its stupefying story could return some dignity and hope to all people.
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Assistant Director:
Aya El-Zinati
Assistant Editor:
Ariane Turmel-Chénard
Philippe Lefebvre
Mykyta Kryvoscheiev
Director:
Nicolas Wadimoff
Director of Photography:
Franck Rabel
Driver:
Haman Ahmed
Editor:
Christine Hoffet
Editorial Consultant:
Karine Sudan
Foley:
Stéphane Cadotte
Foley Recordist:
Luc Léger
Music:
Claude Fradette
Producer:
Philippe Coeytaux
Colette Loumède
Sound:
Carlos Ibáñez Díaz
Sound Designer:
Benoît Dame
Technical Advisor:
Steve Hallé
Translator:
Naïma Bachiri
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