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A close quarters portrait of a Palestinian city in the course of a year of upheavals (12 September 2005 - 12 September 2006). Rafah is located in the southern Gaza Strip. It’s a city cut in two by the Philadelphia Road, a security corridor between Sinai and Gaza. It’s destiny changed during the night of 12 September 2005, when the Israeli army withdrew from the Gaza Strip. The Israelis evacuated the Philadelphia Road and the colonies surrounding the city disappeared. A new era could begin. But Rafah would never emerge from its chaos. Rafah is the hub of arms trafficking between Egypt and the Gaza Strip. Since the Israeli withdrawal, these arms have contributed to the bloody wars between families. After the Hamas victory at the legislative elections, the city sank into a major economic crisis. On 25 June, 2006, Israeli corporal Gilad Shalit was abducted by Palestinian militants using a tunnel dug from Rafah. In reprisal, Tsahal shelled the houses of arms dealers located along the Philadelphia Road. By 12 September, 2006, a year after the withdrawal, all hopes of rebirth had died.

France - 2006 - 52 mn - Betacam Digital - Colour

Director Stéphane Marchetti, Alexis Monchovet Writer Stéphane Marchetti, Sébastien Mesquida, Alexis Monchovet Camera Alexis Monchovet Sound Alexis Monchovet Editing Stéphane Marchetti Music Damien Traversaz

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