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Title: The Band's Visit (2007)
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| Credited cast: | |||
| Sasson Gabay | ... | Lieutenant-colonel Tawfiq Zacharya (as Sasson Gabai) | |
| Ronit Elkabetz | ... | Dina | |
| Saleh Bakri | ... | Haled | |
| Khalifa Natour | ... | Simon | |
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Rubi Moskovitz | ... | Itzik |
| Uri Gavriel | ... | Avrum | |
| Imad Jabarin | ... | Major-general Camal Abdel Azim | |
| Hilla Sarjon | ... | Iris | |
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Shlomi Avraham | ... | Papi |
| Tarik Kopty | ... | Iman (as Tarak Kopty) | |
| Rinat Matatov | ... | Yula | |
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Tomer Yosef | ... | Ars |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
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Nadav Asulin | ... | Sami |
| Ahuva Keren | ... | Lea | |
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François Khell | ... | Makram |
On an ordinary day, the Alexandria Ceremonial Police Orchestra arrives in Israel from Egypt for a cultural event, only find there is no delegation to meet them, nor any arrangements to get to their destination of Petah Tiqva. When they find their own ride, they arrive instead at the remote town of Beit Hatikva. Stuck there until the next morning's bus, the band, led by the repressed Tawfiq Zacharaya, gets help from the worldly lunch owner, Dina, who offers to put them up for the night. As the band settles in as best it can, each of the members attempts to get along with the natives in their own way. What follows is a special night of quiet happenings and confessions as the band makes its own impact on the town and the town on them. Written by Kenneth Chisholm (kchishol@rogers.com)
What I got from this movie is that deep down, in the most basic ways we are all the same. I am a Westerner from Texas, but I identified with several of the characters. Yes, I'm a musician, but not for those reasons do I identify but more for the human condition parts. I also liked the starkness of the remote village. I find that romantic. It really did make me feel like I was there. It breaks my heart to think that Egypt and Israel may again become mortal enemies after just a couple of generations. Just when maybe things were getting better between these countries and their citizens. Neither music nor love can erase the evil that is hate.