Band's Visit (The)

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Genre : Drama
Type : Fiction
Original title : Bikur Hatizmoret
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2007
Format : Feature
Running time : 85 (in minutes)
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A fading Egyptian police band arrives in Israel to play at the Arab Cultural Center. When they take the wrong bus, the band members find themselves in a desolate Israeli village. With no other option than to spend the night with the local townspeople, the two distinctly different cultures realize the universal bonds of love, music and life. Set against a breathtaking desert landscape, this cross-cultural comedy proves that getting lost is sometimes the best way to find yourself.

This heartwarming and poignant winner of the Cannes Film Festival Un Certain Regard prize is the mesmerizing and witty story of strangers in a strange land.

Director : Eran Kolirin

ACTORS
Sasson Gabai, Ronit Elkabetz, Saleh Bakri, Khalifa Natour, Shlomi Avraham

Director: Eran Kolirin
Writer: Eran Kolirin
Producers: Ehud Bleiberg, Eylon Ratzkovsky, Guy Jacoel, Koby Gal-Raday, Michel Zana
Language: Hebrew
Subtitles: English

DVD Release Date: July 29, 2008
Studio: Sony Pictures
Number of discs: 1
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Region: Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only)
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Run Time: 87 minutes

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