Saturday, March 8, 2008
THE BAND’S VISIT
Drama
Mostly in Hebrew and Arabic with English subtitles
PRINCIPAL CAST MEMBERS
Sasson Gabai: the band’s leader Lt.-Col. Tawfiq Zacharya
Khalifa Natour: clarinetist and wannabe conductor Simon
Saleh Bakri: violinist and the band’s newest member Khaled
Ronit Elkabetz: Dina, proprietor of the town's only café
Rubi Moscovich: her friend Itzik
Shlomi Avraham: their friend Papi
REVIEW
A very low-key simple story about a group of people who spend one evening with strangers in a foreign country. This is not a big production number with casts of thousands and budgets of millions. Instead it is very laid back, slow paced film relying upon some really good acting and several unexpected humorous moments to propel it forward. Not that very much happens mind you but it is a pleasant experience to sit back and watch what’s going on.
CLASSIFICATION
for brief strong language (one solitary f-word: that’s it!)
P.S.
Petah Tikva (“Doorway to Hope” in Hebrew) is a city of 175,000 in the center district of Israel north-east of Tel Aviv. It sounds very much like Bet Hatikva (“House of Hope” in Hebrew).
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