The Band's Visit

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The story of an Egyptian police marching band stranded in a small Israeli town, Eran Kolirin's sweet little film has a few sharp points to make. When no one turns up to meet them they take matters into their own hands, but wind up stranded in the similarly named Beitha Tikva on the night of the Shabbat, with no transport expected until the following day. Fortunately Dina, the owner of the local café, takes them under her wing, providing lodgings for the bandmaster and billeting the other musicians around the town. The Band’s Visit is funny, lonely, inspiring, sad and beautiful all at once.

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