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      The Band's Visit

      2007, Comedy/Drama, 1h 26m

      118 Reviews 10,000+ Ratings

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      The Band's Visit is both a clever, subtle slice-of-life comedy, and poignant cross-cultural exploration. Read critic reviews

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      The eight Egyptian musicians who comprise the Alexandria Ceremonial Police Orchestra arrive by mistake in a small town in Israel's Negev Desert. Their booking set for a different city, and with no transportation out of the town or any hotels to stay at, the band settles at a restaurant owned by Dina (Ronit Elkabetz), who offers them lodging. Overcoming ethnic barriers, the Egyptians find diversion and companionship with the Israelis through a pervading undercurrent of shared melancholy.

      • Rating: PG-13 (Brief Strong Language)

      • Genre: Comedy, Drama

      • Original Language: Arabic

      • Director: Eran Kolirin

      • Producer: Ehud Bleiberg, Koby Gal-Raday, Guy Jacoel, Eilon Ratzkovsky, Yossi Uzrad

      • Writer: Eran Kolirin

      • Release Date (Theaters):  limited

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      • Box Office (Gross USA): $3.1M

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      • Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics

      • Production Co: July August Productions, Keshet Broadcasting, Tel Aviv, Bleiberg Entertainment

      • Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

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      • Nov 07, 2011
        A trip to Israeli nowheresville by a minor Egyptian civic band is an occasion for a interesting little filmic investigation into what forces make us all tick. Everyone expects trouble ... and are pleasantly disappointed. Slowly budding revelation sparkles like light on a pond across the faces of this cast of unknowns.
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      • Aug 12, 2011
        It was a movie that almost felt ashamed of itself, but in a good/weird way. It was the opposite of dramatic or flashy, but kept you captivated anyway. I liked it!
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      • Jun 09, 2011
        A touching and considered slice of life that's kind of like those small-town-in-the-Midwest movies where everyone's in pain, except it happens in the Israeli desert, and the new guys in town are a police band from Egypt. A lean film, but one that still takes its time, and one that was well lauded on the festival circuit. Definitely worth a look - reminded me of Wim Wenders for no obvious reason.
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      • Jan 14, 2010
        <i>"Once-not long ago-a small Egyptian police band arrived in Israel. Not many remember this...It wasn't that important."</i> A band comprised of members of the Egyptian police force head to Israel to play at the inaugural ceremony of an Arab arts center, only to find themselves lost in the wrong town. <center><font size=+2 face="Century Schoolbook"><b><u>REVIEW</u></b></font></center> 'The Band's Visit' is a cinematic breath of fresh air in a market overwrought with cine dreck. It tells the story of an Egyptian Police band that has gone over to Israel for a concert at an Arab cultural centre, only to find that they have ended up in the wrong town. In a period of 24 hours, they manage to establish friendships among some of the town's off beat residents. It shows that despite cultural differences between Arabs and Jews, they manage to (for the most part) rise above prejudices and make the most of an awkward situation. Major kudos to the film's writer/director for forging a finely tuned story, as well as a cast to act out their parts equally well. This film may remind you at times of some of the tongue in cheek comedies of Aki Kaurismaki.
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