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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.