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The Band's Visit

2007 · 83 min

A gentle, quietly funny and tender encounter that lingers in small moments of connection and loneliness.

Directed by
Eran Kolirin
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Sasson Gabai, Ronit Elkabetz, Saleh Bakri
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.

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Directed by
Eran Kolirin
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Sasson Gabai, Ronit Elkabetz, Saleh Bakri
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • loneliness
  • friendship
  • identity
  • music
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour5
Realism8
Romance3
Tension2
Darkness2
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
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Written by
Eran Kolirin
Starring
Sasson Gabai, Ronit Elkabetz, Saleh Bakri, Khalifa Natour, Shlomi Avraham, Rubi Moskovitz, Jabarin Camal, Uri Gavriel
Cinematography
Shai Goldman
Runtime
83 min
Country
France, Israel, United States of America
Languages
English, Arabic, Hebrew

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