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The Band's Visit

ביקור התזמורת

2007

An Egyptian police ceremonial band, stranded overnight in the wrong Israeli desert town, is taken in by the locals, and over one quiet night strangers on opposite sides of a divide share small, unexpected moments of connection. A gentle, wistful comedy-drama.

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An Israeli Arabic/Hebrew comedy-drama about an Egyptian police band stranded in an Israeli town.

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