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Salt of This Sea is a film of genre Drama directed by Annemarie Jacir released in USA on 13 august 2010 with Saleh Bakri

Salt of This Sea (2008)

Milh hadha al-bahr

Salt of This Sea
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Released in USA 13 august 2010
Length 1h49
Directed by
Genres Drama,    Romance
Rating67% 3.3928353.3928353.3928353.3928353.392835

Salt of this Sea is a 2008 Palestinian film directed by Annemarie Jacir and was an Official Selection of the Cannes International Film Festival in 2008. It is Palestine's submission to the 81st Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The film stars Palestinian-American poet Suheir Hammad as Soraya, an American-born Palestinian woman, who heads to Israel and Palestine on a quest to reclaim her family's home and money that were taken during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. Palestinian actor, Saleh Bakri also stars in the film.

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Soraya, 28 ans, est une Américaine née et élevée à Brooklyn. Elle décide un jour de renouer avec ses origines et se rend en Palestine, le pays natal de son grand-père. A Ramallah, elle désire récupérer l'argent placé dans une banque par ses grands-parents, mais apprend que le compte n'existe plus. Avec deux compagnons de rencontre, Emad et Marwan, elle entreprend de braquer la banque. La réussite de l'opération les lance dans une longue cavale à travers le pays...

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