Monday, March 16, 2009

The Band's Visit


The Alexandria Ceremonial Police Orchestra from Egypt arrive in Israel to play at the opening of a Arab cultural center in an obscure town called Petah Tiqva. But instead they land up in Beit Hatikva and are stranded overnight. The local restaurant owner takes pity on them and takes them in for the night in an unwarranted show of hospitality. The film is a tad saccahrine but the streak of melancholy running throught it balances things out.

Rating: * * *

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