My Love Awaits Me By the Sea

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My Love Awaits Me By the Sea, is a 2013 Jordanian movie, directed by Mais Darwazah, and starring Muhannad Halawani, Mariam Kanj, Nael Kanj. with a runtime of 80 minutes.

Overview

Hasan Hourani, a Palestinian poet and illustrator, died aged 29 in Jaffa while trying to rescue his nephew from the sea. Shortly after, the filmmaker Mais Darwazah discovers his drawings and poems and feels drawn to Hourani's world— a universe outside space and time; a place of wonder, discovery, and freedom. Motivated by this kinship, Darwazah embarks on a journey to her homeland, Palestine: a place she has never known.

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