• Director(s):

    GORDEY (SERGE)

  • Producer(s):

    ARTE FRANCE, TRABELSI PRODUCTIONS, Bo Travail !, RAMATTAN STUDIO

  • Territories:

    Worldwide.

  • Production year:

    2009

  • Language(s):

    German, English, Arabic, French, Hebrew

  • Rights:

    NON-THEATRICAL, TV, VOD, DVD, INTERNET

For two months, in November and December 2008, an Israeli team, in Sdertor, and a Palestianian team in Gaza documented the daily life of the women, children and men of the two cities.

The two cities are just two kilometres apart, which is very close, but they are separated by a frontier that is difficult to cross, both physically and mentally.

Initially broadcast on the gaza-sderot.arte.tv web site as daily 2-minute chronicles, the project has now become the subject of a documentary that portrays lives devastated by the conflict.
The inhabitants of Gaza suffered from the effects of the siege, from fuel and drug shortages, while the inhabitants of Sderot were traumatised by the threats of random strikes from Qassam rockets.

The chronicles showed the bitterness of daily life, but they were also chronicles of hope, of humour, of resistance to the unbearable. At the end of December 2008, once again war tore the region apart. Images of war seemed to dominate. But for those who saw them, no one can forget the pre-war chronicles of Gaza-Sderot.