Salvo (2013)
Crime | Drama | Romance
Salvo is a body guard and hit man for a mafioso. After foiling an attack on his employer, Salvo hunts down the man who organised it and encounters the man's blind sister. She causes Salvo to question himself and his existence.
Starring: Saleh Bakri, Luigi Lo Cascio, Sara Serraiocco
Director: Fabio Grassadonia, Antonio Piazza
When I Saw You / Lamma shoftak (2012)
Drama
Tarek, 11, and his mother Ghaydaa, are amongst this latest wave of refugees in Jordan. Placed in “temporary” refugee camps made up of tents and prefab houses until they would be able to return, they wait, like the generation before them who arrived in 1948. With difficulties adjusting to life in Harir camp and a longing to be reunited with his father, Tarek searches a way out, and discovers a new hope emerging with the times. Eventually his free spirit and curious nature lead him to a group of people on a journey that will change their lives.
Starring: Mahmoud Asfa, Ruba Blal, Saleh Bakri, Ali Elayan, Ruba Shamshoum, Ahmad Srour, Firas W. Taybeh
Director: Annemarie Jacir
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La source des femmes / The Source (2011)
Comedy | Drama
A comedy/drama set in a village and centered on a battle of the sexes, where women threaten to withhold sexual favors if their men refuse to fetch water from a remote well.
Starring: Leila Bekhti, Hafsia Herzi, Hiam Abbass, Saleh Bakri, Biyouna
Director: Radu Mihaileanu
The Band's Visit / Bikur Ha-Tizmoret (2007)
Comedy | Drama | Music
The Band's Visit is the mesmerizing and witty story of strangers in a strange land. A fading Egyptian police band arrives in Israel to play at the Arab Cultural Center. When they take the wrong bus, the band members find themselves in a desolate Israeli village. With no other option than to spend the night with the local townspeople, the two distinctly different cultures realize the universal bonds of love, music and life. Set against a breathtaking desert landscape, this cross-cultural comedy proves that getting lost is sometimes the best way to find yourself.
Starring: Sasson Gabai, Ronit Elkabetz, Saleh Bakri, Khalifa Natour, Uri Gavriel, Imad Jabarin, Shlomi Avraham, Rubi Moskovitz, Hilla Sarjon
Director: Eran Kolirin
