Ouroboros (2017): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2017, Ouroboros is a documentary film directed by Basma Alsharif, running about 74 minutes. “Death as birth, history as the present, the end as the beginning.” — that tagline sets the tone.

What it’s about. This film is an homage to the Gaza Strip and to the possibility of hope beyond hopelessness. Ouroboros, the symbol of the snake eating its tail, is both end and beginning: death as regeneration. A 74-minute experimental narrative film that turns the destruction of Gaza into a story of heartbreak, Ouroboros asks what it means to be human when humanity has failed. Taking the form of a love story, the film's central character is Diego Marcon, a man who embarks on a circular journey to shed his pain only to experience it, again and again. In the course of a single day, his travel fuses together Native American territories, the ancient Italian city of Matera, a castle in Brittany, and the ruins of the Gaza Strip into a single landscape.

Who’s in it. Ouroboros stars Neemah Abu Ghenas, Jessica Bellinger, Coleman Collins and Bo Gallerito, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 5.0/10, Ouroboros has proved divisive with audiences.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Ouroboros page.

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