THE PASSPORT

By Rakan MAYASI

LES CINEMAS DU MONDE - LA FABRIQUE CINEMA DE L’INSTITUT FRANÇAIS - as PROMO

Comedy - Development 2025

When a man from Gaza dies during a layover plane to Belgrade on his way to Canada, authorities are left clueless about how to handle his corpse as the borders with Gaza are closed.

    • Year of production
    • 2025
    • Genres
    • Comedy, First film
    • Countries
    • PALESTINE
    • Director(s)
    • Rakan MAYASI
    • Producer(s)
    • May ODEH (MAYANA FILMS)
    • Synopsis

    • The film follows Marwan, a man from Gaza in his late 40s, who finally gets a Canadian visa to visit his brother and mend an old rift. As he prepares to leave, his factory is destroyed in an Israeli attack. The only way out is through a smuggling tunnel with a bizarre group. In Cairo, bureaucracy delays him. On his flight to Canada, he dies peacefully. In Serbia, a mortician mistakes him for her lost fiancé, leading to a surreal wedding and a failed body smuggling before he is finally sent to Canada.