Picnic in Gaza
Picnic in Gaza is a 2014 English film directed by Philippe Vartan Khazarian.
This tale of unrequited love and intermingled deceit explores the universal dynamics of the invisible subconscious forces at work in close human relationships - and each person's drive for self-destruction - our death wish.
Plot
Katrina Meers is a postgrad sociology student in love with a surgeon stranded in Gaza, Claude Rhodes. Some time ago, she teamed up on LinkedIn with a London-based French equity finance investor, Dan Morere, sponsor of her 'humanitarian' initiative to the strip – her plan, to rendezvous with Aid Convoy en route. Until D-Day things were smooth, controlled; but the cracks show in her plan, when Katrina has her first subconscious slip: she forgets her A to Z London road map and has to call Dan, for help ... as he embarks in her car to get her to Dover, soon things become far more complicated than they seem.
Cast
- Elisa Lasowski[1] as Katrina Meers
- Sharlit Deyzac as Franka Withakay
- Mathieu Delarive[2] as Dan Morere
- Virgile Bramly[3] as Abe Emerson Jr
- Steve Smith as Claude Rhodes
- Raffaella Boscolo as Annunziata
- Elana Callegari as Rachele
- Giovanni Franzoni as Felice
- Celil Nalçakan as Jaleel
- Belen Kurtdis as Ali
- Fehim Karharslon as Ahmed
- Merve Boysan as Amina
- Aytac Ozgur as Abdul
- Banu Cicek as Sahiha
- Umut Oğuz as Abdir
- with the voices of Hilary Sandi - Frédéric Souterelle - Jochen Hägele
Crew
- Directed by: Philippe Vartan Khazarian
- Screenplay by: Philippe Vartan Khazarian
- Produced by: PVK Pictures
- Produced in association with: Ghostwriters Associates,Beaucoup Films,Alter Ego,Berwick Post.
- Director of photography
- Edited by: Philippe Vartan Khazarian
- Production Coordinator: Paola Brunetti
Production
Certifications
Filming locations
Shot in nine countries, from London to Gaza : United Kingdom, France, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Jordan and Egypt.