Band's visit

Original movie title:
BIKUR-HA TIZMORET
Country:        
Izrael, 2007., 87'
Director:
Eran Kolirin
Cast:
Sasson Gabai, Ronit Elkabetz, Saleh Bakri,
Khalifa Natour

Awards:
Cannes Film Festival 2007
- Un Certain Regard

European Film Awards 2007
- european discovery of the year (Eran Korilin)
best actor (Sasson Gabai)
Awards of the Israeli Film Academy 2007
- Best: actor (Sasson Gabai), actress (Ronit Elkabetz), costumes, director, film, music, screenplay, supporting actor
Tokyo International Film Festival 2007 - Tokyo Grand Prix

Summary:

On an ordinary day, the Alexandria Ceremonial Police Orchestra arrives in Israel from Egypt for a cultural event, only to 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 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. A lost band in a lost town.

Biography

‘Band’s Visit’ / ‘Bikur - Ha Tizmoret’ is the first long feature of director Eran Kolirin. At the moment he is preparing his second screenplay called ‘Pathways in the Desert’.

11.(12.)07., FRIDAY (SATURDAY), 02.00, BARGE ON DANUBE

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