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The Apollo of Gaza

The Apollo of Gaza

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 15, 2020

Runtime

1h 18m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

65%

Original Title

L'Apollon de Gaza

Production Companies

Akka Films, ONF | NFB, RTS

Director

Nicolas Wadimoff

Description

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.