Erasmus in Gaza

2022 | documentary | 88 min
by Matteo Delbò, Chiara Avesani
SUMMARY

Riccardo, an Italian final-year medical student, is going on Erasmus. The destination: Gaza, Palestine. He wants to become a war surgeon and is writing his thesis on explosive bullet wounds. Entering Gaza is not easy. He needs permission from three different authorities: the Israeli army, the Palestinian Authority and Hamas. And upon arrival, the pressure mounts: his experience will determine the success of the exchange program. The imminence of war doesn’t help and he starts suffering panic attacks. And when war is rekindled, Riccardo has to make many difficult choices. In crossing the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip, he also crossed the boundary between adolescence and adulthood.

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