#47. The Band’s Visit
Director/Writer: Eran Kolirin
Producers: Ehud Bleiberg, Koby Gal-Raday, Guy Jacoel, Eilon Rachkowsky and Yossi Uzrad
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
The Gist: This is the story of an Egyptian Police band
that travels to Israel to play at an initiation ceremony for an Arab
cultural center, but when they arrive at the airport no one is there to
greet them. They set off on their own to find the center, but, through
a series of mishaps, end up stranded in a desolate Israeli town
somewhere in the heart of the desert.
Fact: Controversy over meant this was disqualified for Best Foreign picture at the Oscars.
See It: Simple premise. Sympathetic characters. Audiences will be charmed!
Release Date/Status?: Sony Pictures Classics is bring this one out soon: February 8th in limited release.
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