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The Band's Visit is a film of genre Drama directed by Eran Kolirin released in USA on 20 december 2007 with Saleh Bakri

The Band's Visit (2007)

The Band's Visit
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Released in USA 20 december 2007
Length 1h27
Directed by
Genres Drama,    Comedy,    Comedy-drama
Rating74% 3.747133.747133.747133.747133.74713

The Band's Visit (Hebrew: ביקור התזמורת - Bikur Ha-Tizmoret) is a 2007 Israeli film directed by Eran Kolirin.

The Band's Visit was Israel's original Foreign Language Film submission for the 80th Academy Awards, but was rejected by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences because it contained over 50% English dialogue. Thus, Israel sent Beaufort instead; Beaufort was finally included in the five final nominees. 'Band's Visit' won eight Israeli Ophir Prizes awarded by the Israeli Film Academy.

Synopsis

The Alexandria Ceremonial Police Orchestra, consisting of eight men, arrive in Israel from Egypt. They have been booked by an Arab cultural center in Petah Tiqva, but through a miscommunication (Arabic has no "p" sound, and regularly replaces it with "b"), the band takes a bus to Bet Hatikva, a fictional town in the middle of the Negev Desert. There is no transportation out of the city that day, and there are no hotels for them to spend the night in. The band members dine at a small restaurant where the owner, Dina (Ronit Elkabetz) invites them to stay the night at her apartment, at her friends' apartment, and in the restaurant. That night challenges all of the characters.

Actors

Saleh Bakri

(Khaled)
Ronit Elkabetz

(Dina)
Sasson Gabai

(Tewfiq Zakaria)
Uri Gavriel

(Avrum)
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