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The Band's Visit

The Band's Visit

20077.01h 23m

Overview

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.

Directed by Eran Kolirin
Written by Eran Kolirin
Produced by Eylon Ratzkovsky, Ehud Bleiberg, Yossi Uzrad
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Top Cast

Sasson Gabai

Sasson Gabai

Tewfiq Zakaria

Ronit Elkabetz

Ronit Elkabetz

Dina

Saleh Bakri

Saleh Bakri

Khaled

Khalifa Natour

Khalifa Natour

Simon

Shlomi Avraham

Shlomi Avraham

Papi

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Rubi Moskovitz

Itzik

J

Jabarin Camal

Imad

Uri Gavriel

Uri Gavriel

Avrum

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Imad Jabarin

Major-general Camal Abdel Azim

Hila Sorjon-Fisher

Hila Sorjon-Fisher

Iris

Themes & Keywords

egyptisraelstrong womanempowermentladykillerorchestrapolice bandstrandedroller skating rinkforeign visitorlost

About The Band's Visit

The Band's Visit is a comedy, drama film released in 2007 exploring themes of egypt, israel, strong woman, empowerment, ladykiller, orchestra. Directed by Eran Kolirin, it stars Sasson Gabai, Ronit Elkabetz, Saleh Bakri. 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.

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