The Band's Visit

2007 [HEBREW]

Action / Comedy / Drama / Music / Romance

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 86% · 118 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 86% · 10K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.5/10 10 14603 14.6K

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Plot summary

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.

Director

Eran Kolirin Photo
Eran Kolirin

Top cast

Hila Saada Photo
Hila Saada as Svetlana
Tomer Yosef Photo
Tomer Yosef as Ars
Rinat Matatov Photo
Rinat Matatov as Yula
Nadav Asulin Photo
Nadav Asulin as Sami
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763.99 MB
1280*722
Hebrew 2.0
NR
Subtitles us   fr  
25 fps
1 hr 23 min
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1.53 GB
1916*1080
Hebrew 5.1
NR
Subtitles us   fr  
25 fps
1 hr 23 min
Seeds 11

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by guylevi 9 / 10

A touching film about what makes us similar as humans

I liked this movie. As a viewer, I was subjected to a wide range of emotions during this film: joy, frustration, embarrassment, delight and so on.One must understand that Israel and Egypt had been long time enemies (until the peace agreement in 1979) and that Israeli Jews and Arabs have very different views on so many matters. Within this context the humanity of the film really shines. People of such different backgrounds are basically the same; Same hopes and aspirations, same fears and frustrations etc. The same things make all of us tick.This film is also about strangers and others. And how we can help one another. The scene with Haled and the Israeli boy and girl in the skating rink is, my opinion, classic.enjoy
Reviewed by ferguson-6 8 / 10

You Speak. You Don't Speak

Greetings again from the darkness. Stellar film from rising star, Israeli filmmaker Eran Kolirin. This film offers the beautifully delivered message that regardless of our culture, we all want to be connected to another person. Other than the language we speak, we really aren't so dissimilar.The Egyptian Police Orchestra is stranded on their way to play at the opening of an Arab Culture Center. The language barrier causes them to be stuck in a one-horse town with a similar type name. What follows is a touching story and terrific film-making. So much is communicated with so few words.There are three of four amazing scenes. My favorite is probably the funniest in the film. At the roller rink, one of the band members assists an awkward local with the proper technique in consoling a girl whose feelings he has hurt. It is funny and touching and moving and insightful all at once. The band leader's scenes with Dena, the beautiful and lonely restaurateur who takes the band in for the evening, are so emotional and sincere that I kept wanting to scream at them both! Just great stuff.I look forward to more from Eran Kolirin and it is very sad that this film was disqualified in the Foreign Language category due to the determination that too much English was used. Still, it doesn't change the fact that this is a terrific movie and story.
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