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Le sel de la mer

Original title: Milh Hadha al-Bahr
  • 2008
  • Unrated
  • 1h 49m
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
1.6K
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Le sel de la mer (2008)
A romantic drama about a working-class woman and her experiences traveling back home.
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A romantic drama about a working-class woman and her experiences traveling back home.A romantic drama about a working-class woman and her experiences traveling back home.A romantic drama about a working-class woman and her experiences traveling back home.

  • Director
    • Annemarie Jacir
  • Writer
    • Annemarie Jacir
  • Stars
    • Suheir Hammad
    • Saleh Bakri
    • Riyad Ideis
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.8/10
    1.6K
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    • Director
      • Annemarie Jacir
    • Writer
      • Annemarie Jacir
    • Stars
      • Suheir Hammad
      • Saleh Bakri
      • Riyad Ideis
    • 9User reviews
    • 31Critic reviews
    • 43Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 6 wins & 3 nominations total

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    Top cast44

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    Suheir Hammad
    Suheir Hammad
    • Soraya
    Saleh Bakri
    Saleh Bakri
    • Emad
    Riyad Ideis
    • Marwan
    Dana Drigov
    • Airport Agent 1
    Edna Blilious
    Edna Blilious
    • Airport Agent 2 (Ilana)
    • (as Edna Balilous)
    Ishai Golan
    Ishai Golan
    • Male Agent
    Hagar Lotem
    • Young Agent
    Renana Lotem
    • Body Search Agent
    Sylvie Wetz
    • Corinne
    • (as Sylvie Wetz)
    Yahya Barakat
    • Ziad
    Khaled Hourani
    • Khaled
    Ismael Dabbag
    • Bank Teller
    Jack Saadeh
    • Bank Manager
    Iman Aoun
    • Wealthy Landlord
    Giras Abu Sabbah
    • Cinematheque Bouncer
    Martin Daltry
    • Bank Regional Manager
    Ihab Jadallah
    • Street Catcaller
    Hisham Daraghmeh
    • Fakri
    • Director
      • Annemarie Jacir
    • Writer
      • Annemarie Jacir
    • All cast & crew
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    User reviews9

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    9namelessfarmfc

    Excellent

    Cogent, well written, well acted, and well directed.

    Filming was excellent. The film moved in the correct tempo with ample economy and control .

    Story was of an important matter that is often suppressed.

    Much more poetic than polemic.

    Strong female lead and direction was not self-righteously or overbearingly so.

    Creative and multifaceted script.

    More than adequate character development.

    Balanced presentation between societal and personal.

    Nice lighting.
    9rico_balu

    Very moving and enlightening movie Americans should see

    A friend of ours who is of Palestinian descent invited us to see this movie at Berkeley's California theater and didn't know what to expect. The movie was presented by the Arab Film Festival to a sold out crowd. This movie took us on an eye opening journey of how horribly Palestinians refugees are treated by the settlers. During painful moments in the movie, the audience around me would sigh and groan at what was happening. I thought "It's just a movie" and then realized it is not just a movie. It is what is truly happening now, today! Though I am not Palestinian, I would remember stories my Mother told me about how the Japanese would treat Filipinos during the war. The minimization of an entire culture of people by invaders who believed they had right to her country. I truly recommend every American who has not read or heard of the history of Palistine see this movie. I hope to see more movies about Palistine in hopes we can learn more and understand what is the truth.
    7albertval-69560

    DESPAIR IN A DIVIDED LAND

    It's true. This movie lacks nuance. And it may be true that it delivers its message rather harshly and caustically. It may even be considered more as a propaganda rather than an introspective film about trampled rights to a homeland.

    But if this story is based on Soraya Tahini's actual experience when she visited the West Bank, then the viewer must take notice and, at least, listen up.

    This is her story and that of Emad whom she befriended in Ramallah. Who could deny her feelings when she enters her grandfather's home in Jaffa for the first time? Is she wrong to say out loud that it was stolen from them? For Emad, visiting his family's hometown near Hebron is gut-wrenching knowing that it was the scene of a massacre of Palestinian civilians during the war of '48. In fact, the film pays tribute to the victims of that tragedy.

    I thought of how the film will end after that scene in ad Dawayima where Soraya and Emad had to leave as it has been transformed into a historical park.

    Suheir Hammad and Saleh Bakri bring us to those places that are important to the Palestinian identity and psyche. They succeed as actors in weaving a compelling narrative about what things are and what could be in this troubled land. They pose questions with no easy answers.
    3ahmedabdalla1986

    unjustified Nostalgia

    very week script , politically oriented in a cheap direct way . unjustified overwhelmed Nostalgia ( can anyone feels crazy homesick to a place he never lived in and just heard about it from the news and the grandparent's stories ?? ) , actually the writer didn't know how could he tell the story so he simply stuffed his script with many symbols and boring repeated nostalgic ale motives to the extend that that rhythm was terribly agonizing in the last 3rd of the film . the acting was really good specially Suheir Hammad who was acting in a very authentic style . the starting sequence was strong and succeeded to arouse Tension which was unfortunately totally lost .
    9omar17166

    Very artistic, well directed to reflect only a bit of the Palestinian suffering

    This is a film well worth seeing by people who want to know more about the reality of the Palestinian tragedy. Artistically made, with no hysterics about showing daily material sufferings, but instead, the ordinary life of Palestinians which has to somehow go on, with laughter, anger, happiness, pain, love, etc. It also reflected the psychological pain felt by the Palestinians wherever they may be (in USA in this case), showing how a Palestinian-American young lady seeking her roots in a country she had never seen before can in fact have the feeling of "longing" and belonging, not in any way different from the feeling of an adopted child upon meeting her/his real parents. The film is of course about Palestine and Palestinians and not about Israel and Israelis, however, it does not "demonize" anyone! See it for yourself and be the judge!

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    • Trivia
      Palestine's first feature film by a female director.
    • Soundtracks
      Bahriyya
      Composed by Marcel Khalife / (p) Nagam Records

      Reinterpreted and Performed by Tamer Nafar, Suhell Nafar (aka Suheil Nafar), Mahmud Jreri (Dam, aka DAM) and with Kayvon Sarfejooy (DJ K-Salaam) & Nick Phillips (Beatnick)

      Concept by Annemarie Jacir, under the direction of Kamran Rastegar

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    • Release date
      • September 3, 2008 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • Occupied Palestinian Territory
      • Belgium
      • France
      • Spain
      • Switzerland
    • Official sites
      • Facebook Page
      • Official site
    • Languages
      • Arabic
      • English
      • Hebrew
    • Also known as
      • Salt of This Sea
    • Filming locations
      • Palestine
    • Production companies
      • JBA Production
      • Philistine Films
      • Thelma Film
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • €800,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $11,662
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $4,973
      • Aug 15, 2010
    • Gross worldwide
      • $736,502
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    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 49 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby SR
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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