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Sid's Movie Salon: The Band's Visit
arts & culture
When?
Monday, Jul 28
4:00PM - 5:45PM PDT
Where?
In-person
Description
Movie buff Sid Hollister shows a movie at the NEXT Village office at 704 Filbert Street, at Columbus Ave, usually on the fourth Monday of the month.
The July movie is The Band's Visit.
Description: The film received acclaim from critics and audiences. It won eight Ophir Prizes awarded by the Israeli Film Academy.[2]
The eight men of the Alexandria Ceremonial Police Orchestra arrive in Israel from Egypt. They have been booked by an Arab cultural center in Petah Tikva, but through a miscommunication (Arabic has no "p" sound, and regularly replaces it with "b"), the band takes a bus to Beit Hatikva, a fictional town in the middle of the Negev Desert.[5]
The eight men of the Alexandria Ceremonial Police Orchestra arrive in Israel from Egypt. They have been booked by an Arab cultural center in Petah Tikva, but through a miscommunication (Arabic has no "p" sound, and regularly replaces it with "b"), the band takes a bus to Beit Hatikva, a fictional town in the middle of the Negev Desert.[5]
The Egyptians encounter a few Israeli townspeople, who respond with curiosity about the band, are variously friendly and wary, and provide them with shelter, food, music and companionship during their visit. There is no transportation out of the town that day, and there are no hotels for them to spend the night in.
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. No one quite falls in love, but a sense of unspoken longing and loneliness is expressed.[6]
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