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The Band's Visit
Comedy, Drama - 2007
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A small Egyptian police band travels to Israel to play at the inaugural ceremony of an Arab arts center, only to find themselves stuck in the wrong town.
Director:
,
Eran Kolirin
Cast:
,
Sasson Gabai
,
Ronit Elkabetz
,
Khalifa Natour
,
Saleh Bakri
,
Shlomi Avraham
,
Rubi Moskovitz
,
Gavriel Ayrum
,
Jabarin Camal

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Details

Rated:
PG-13
Runtime:
83 min
Release date:
19 May 2007
Country:
FR, IL, US
Languages:
English, Arabic, Hebrew (modern)
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
47 wins & 17 nominations

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
A quiet, sympathetic film about the loneliness that surrounds us.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
7 Mar 2008
fresh:
It's a small, profoundly satisfying movie that keeps echoing long after it's over.
– Ty Burr,
Boston Globe,
14 Mar 2008
fresh:
Kolirin has a fine sense of where to place the camera and when to cut between shots for maximum comic effect.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
14 Mar 2008
fresh:
Like no fish-out-of-water film in recent memory, it leaves you with the hope that these fish will find their way back to water, and maybe learn to share that puddle before the desert dries it up entirely.
– Roger Moore,
Orlando Sentinel,
11 Apr 2008
fresh:
The Band's Visit has pathos, but it is also very funny.
– Jonathan F. Richards,
Film.com,
13 Apr 2008
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