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THE TALE OF THE THREE LOST JEWELS

Developing Stories Series II

53 minutes

Grades 10-Adult
1994

Produced by Sindibad Films for BBC/TVE/One World Group of
Broadcasters/A film by Michel Khleifi

Shot in the final, turbulent days of the Israeli occupation of
the Gaza Strip, Michel Khleifi's film tells the tale of a
magical love story between two
adolescents in a time of war and danger.

Yusef, a 12-year-old refugee growing up in the Intifada, lives
with his mother and 15-year-old sister. His brother is a
fugitive; his father has been in prison for the last nine
years. But Yusef has a world of his own. He loves birds and
drifts into the wilderness at every opportunity. One day he
runs into Aida, a beautiful, wild girl his own age. He
becomes completely infatuated with her, and tells her he wants
to marry her when they grow up. But she replies that only the
suitor who finds the three jewels, lost in Latin America, from
her grandmother's necklace can win her hand. And so begin his
attempts to reach Latin America...

POPULATION, MIGRATION, REFUGEES, PALESTINE, ISRAEL, WAR

ISBN: 1-56029-590-2

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