The Band's Visit
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| Directed by | Eran Kolirin |
| Produced by | Ehud Bleiberg Koby Gal-Raday Guy Jacoel Eylon Ratzkovsky Yossi Uzrad |
| Written by | Eran Kolirin |
| Starring | Saleh Bakri Ronit Elkabetz Sasson Gabai Uri Gavriel Imad Jabarin Ahuva Keren |
| Music by | Habib Shadah |
| Cinematography | Shai Goldman |
| Editing by | Arik Leibovitch |
| Release date(s) |  19 May 2007 (Cannes) 13 September 2007 18 November 2007 (St. Louis International Film Festival) 9 September 2007 (Toronto Film Festival) |
| Running time | 87 min. |
| Country | Israel/France/USA |
| Language | Arabic, English, Hebrew |
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The Band's Visit (Hebrew : Bikur Ha-Tizmoret, ביקור התזמורת) is a 2007 Israeli film directed by Eran Kolirin. The film tells the story of an Arab music band made up of members of the Egyptian police force who head to Israel to play at the inaugural ceremony of an Arab cultural center, only to find themselves lost in the wrong foreign city.
The Band's Visit was Israel's original Foreign Language Film submission for the 80th Academy Awards, but was rejected by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences because it contained over 50% English dialogue.[1] Thus, Israel sent Beaufort instead; Beaufort was finally included in the five final nominees.
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[edit] Plot
The Alexandria Ceremonial Police Orchestra arrive in Israel from Egypt. They have been booked by an Arab cultural center in Petah Tiqva, but through a miscommunication, the band takes a bus to Beit Hatikva, a fictional town in the middle of the Negev Desert. The band members dine at a small restaurant where the owner, Dina (Ronit Elkabetz) invites them to stay the night at her apartment, at her friends' apartment, and in the restaurant since there is no hotel in Beit Hatikva. That night challenges all of the characters.
[edit] Critical reception
The Band's Visit was extremely well received by critics. As of May 30, 2008, the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 98% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 99 reviews.[2]
Ray Bennett of The Hollywood Reporter named the film the second best of 2007, [3] V.A. Musetto of the New York Post named it the 8th best film of 2007, [3] and both Ella Taylor of LA Weekly [3] and Associated Press film critic David Germain named it the 9th best film of 2007. [4]
[edit] Awards and nominations
Wins
- Best Film - Awards of the Israeli Film Academy
- Best Director - Awards of the Israeli Film Academy
- Best Actor - Awards of the Israeli Film Academy
- Best Actress - Awards of the Israeli Film Academy
- Best Supporting Actor - Awards of the Israeli Film Academy
- Best Music - Awards of the Israeli Film Academy
- Best Screenplay - Awards of the Israeli Film Academy
- Best Costumes - Awards of the Israeli Film Academy
- Un Certain Regard - Jury Coup de Coeur - Cannes Film Festival 2007
- Special Mention - Flanders International Film Festival
- Scythian Deer - Molodist International Film Festival
- Feature Film Award - Montreal Film Festival
- Audience Award - Sarajevo Film Festival
- Audience Award - Warsaw International Film Festival
- Grand Prix - Warsaw International Film Festival
- Golden Eye - Zurich Film Festival
- New Talent Award - Zurich Film Festival
- Best Actor - European Film Awards
- Best Un-released Film (in Australia) - Australian Film Critics Association Film Awards
Nominations
- Best Art Direction - Award of the Israeli Film Academy
- Best Cinematography - Award of the Israeli Film Academy
- Best Editing - Award of the Israeli Film Academy
- Best Sound - Award of the Israeli Film Academy
- Best Supporting Actress - Award of the Israeli Film Academy
- Best Screenplay - European Film Awards
- Grand Prix - Flanders International Film Festival
[edit] References
- ^ Israeli film wins country's first two European Academy Awards - Haaretz - Israel News
- ^ The Band's Visit - Rotten Tomatoes. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved on 2008-02-08.
- ^ a b c Metacritic: 2007 Film Critic Top Ten Lists. Metacritic. Retrieved on 2008-01-05.
- ^ David Germain; Christy Lemire (2007-12-27). 'No Country for Old Men' earns nod from AP critics. Associated Press, via Columbia Daily Tribune. Retrieved on 2007-12-31.
