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‘The Sea’ Review: Israel’s Oscar Entry Is a Moving Father-Son Tale in the Vein of ‘Bicycle Thieves’

Entertainment alissasimon - November 20, 2025

Israel’s mostly Arabic-language international feature submission “The Sea” offers a deceptively simple premise: a headstrong 12-year-old boy from a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank illegally enters Israel on his...