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The Band's Visit
Why this pick
Like The Syrian Bride, it finds humane, wry warmth at a politically charged border, letting small social rituals and awkward encounters carry the emotional weight.
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MOVIE2004 1h 37m FRA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Set in the summer of 2000, Mona, a young Druze woman living at Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights, is about to marry a successful Syrian actor. Following the hostilities between Israel and Syria there is now the demilitarised UNDOF zone between Golan Heights#History since the Six-Day War and Syria observed by United Nations staff. Crossing of the zone is extremely rare as it is only granted by both sides under special circumstances. It has taken 6 months to obtain permission from the Israeli administration for Mona to leave the Golan. When Mona crosses she will not be able to return to her family on the Golan even to visit. Mona is a bit hesitant also because she doesn't know her husband-to-be.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Uri Gavriel
Simon
Ali Suliman
Syrian Officer 2
Hiam Abbass
Amal
Makram Khoury
Hammed
Clara Khoury
Mona
Julie-Anne Roth
Jeanne
Ashraf Barhom
Marwan