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Salt of This Sea
Drama, Romance - 2008
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Born in Brooklyn to Palestinian refugee parents, Soraya decides to journey to the country of her ancestry when she discovers that her grandfather's savings have been frozen in a Jaffa bank account since his 1948 exile. However, she soon finds that her simple plan is a complicated undertaking — one that takes her further from her comfort zone than she'd imagined.
Director:
,
Annemarie Jacir
Cast:
,
Saleh Bakri
,
Suheir Hammad
,
Riyad Ideis
,
Sylvie Wetz
,
Yahya Barakat
,
Khaled Hourani
,
Iman Aoun
,
Juliano Mer-Khamis

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Details

Runtime:
109 min
Release date:
3 Sep 2008
Country:
NL, CH, FR, US, BE, ES, GB, PS
Languages:
Hebrew (modern), English, Arabic
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$552,000
Awards:
6 wins & 3 nominations

Top Critics Reviews

rotten:
Ultimately, in a film that highlights the physical barriers - walls, roadblocks, armed guards - that keep Palestinians where the Israelis want them, the film's biggest barrier is the one Jacir erects between Soraya and the viewer.
– Ian Buckwalter,
NPR,
13 Aug 2010
fresh:
A sad and engrossing look at a haunted landscape.
– Mike Hale,
New York Times,
13 Aug 2010
rotten:
[An] impassioned, but wearisomely didactic, diaspora drama.
– Eric Hynes,
Time Out New York,
11 Aug 2010
rotten:
Soraya's rebellious bursts of rage come off more like the tantrums of a spoiled princess than the legitimate anger of an emerging activist.
– Ella Taylor,
Village Voice,
10 Aug 2010
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