The Band's Visit (Bikur hatizmoret)
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- Synopsis
- When the Ceremonial Police Band of Alexandria, Egypt, journeys to a gig in Israel, they can hardly anticipate getting stuck in a rut. But upon arrival at the Israeli airport, their hosts and transportation fail to show....
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- Starring
- Sasson Gabai, Ronit Elkabetz, Saleh Bakri, Khalifa Natour, Shlomi Avraham
- Director(s)
- Eran Kolirin
- Distributor(s)
- Sony Classics
- MPAA Rating
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 86 min.
Critic Reviews
The Band’s Visit has not provided any of the narrative payoffs we might have expected, but has provided something more valuable: An interlude involving two “enemies,” Arabs and Israelis, that shows them both as only ordinary people with ordinary hopes, lives and disappointments. It has also shown us two souls with rare beauty.Read the full review
A lovely, smart and beautifully understated film.Read the full review
Something marvelous happens as the filmmaker, in his first feature, expertly metes out small scenes of communication between people taught, for generations, to be wary of one another: This Band swings with the rhythms of hope.Read the full review
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'Band's Visit' screens in Egypt
07/18/08 "The Band's Visit" has become the first Israeli film to be screened in Egypt since the two countries signed a peace deal nearly 30 years ago. | Variety