The Band's Visit

Sep 13, 2007

1h 23m

★ 7.1

Overview

A small Egyptian police band travels to Israel to play at the inaugural ceremony of an Arab arts center, only to find themselves stuck in the wrong town.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Bleiberg Entertainment

Sophie Dulac Productions

July August Productions

The Band's Visit Trailers

Cast

Tewfiq Zakaria

Sasson Gabai

Dina

Ronit Elkabetz

Khaled

Saleh Bakri

Simon

Khalifa Natour

Papi

Shlomi Avraham

Itzik

Rubi Moskovitz

Imad

Jabarin Camal

Avrum

Uri Gavriel

Major-general Camal Abdel Azim

Imad Jabarin

Iris

Hila Sorjon-Fisher

Iman

Tarik Kopty

Yula

Rinat Matatov

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