A Bottle in the Gaza Sea

2013 | Drama, Foreign Language

Synopsis

Tal is 17 years old. Naim is 20. She's Israeli. He's Palestinian. She lives in Jerusalem. He lives in Gaza. They were born in a land of scorched earth, where fathers bury their children. They must endure an explosive situation that is not of their choosing at an age where young people are falling in love and taking their place in adult life. A bottle thrown in the sea and a correspondence by email nurture the slender hope that their relationship might give them the strength to confront this harsh reality to grapple with it, and thereby ever so slightly change it. Only 60 miles separate them but how many bombings, check-points, sleepless nights and bloodstained days stand between them?

Scores

Overall Score
41.3
Popularity Percentile (Year)
20.0%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
51.7%
Review Aggregate
71.2

Critic Consensus

69.2% Fresh • 13 critic reviews

Critic reception is mixed, with 69% of 13 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize lighthearted, coming of age, visually striking. Common reservations focus on execution consistency, even when reviewers praise standout elements.

lightheartedcoming of agevisually strikingcharacter-drivenemotionalthought-provoking

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
N/A

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score69.0
RT critic review count13
Rotten Tomatoes audience score73.0
RT audience rating count250
IMDb rating7.2
IMDb votes1,161

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2013$5,872$7,906
International2013$660,139$888,779
Worldwide2013$666,011$896,685

Earnings / Profitability

Estimated net revenues and net expenses for films based on reported and estimated numbers. This income statement should be considered most viable for the first 24 months after the inital movie's release (ie after most lucrative pay windows).
CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Revenues
Theatrical Net Revenue2013$266,992$359,465
Digital Rentals ?2013$234,000$315,046
Digital Purchases ?2013$140,000$188,489
Physical Rentals ?2013$303,000$407,945
Physical Purchases ?2013$785,000$1,056,886
TV & Streaming Revenue2013$219,900$296,063
Total Revenues2013$1,948,892$2,623,894
Expenses
Budget ?2013$733,000 (est)$986,876 (est)
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2013$430,000 (est)$578,931 (est)
Participations2013$39,000$52,508
Residuals ?2013$95,000$127,903
Interest & Overhead2013$146,600$197,375
Total Expenses2013$1,443,600$1,943,594
Movie Net Profit or Loss2013$505,292$680,300

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