Salt of this Sea (2008)

Original title

ملح هذا البحر

Directed by

Annemarie Jacir

Genre

drama film

Country

Occupied Palestinian territories, Palestine, France, Switzerland

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 23 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Palestinian-American woman named Soraya travels to Israel and Palestine to reclaim her family's home and money lost during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. She meets a young Palestinian man who helps her navigate a world of bureaucratic obstacles and closed doors.

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What happens

Salt of this Sea (Arabic: ملح هذا البحر, romanized: Milh hadha al-bahr) is a 2008 Palestinian film directed by Annemarie Jacir and was an Official Selection of the Cannes International Film Festival in 2008. It is Palestine's submission to the 81st Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The film stars Palestinian-American poet Suheir Hammad as Soraya, an American-born Palestinian woman, who heads to Israel and Palestine on a quest to reclaim her family's home and money that were taken during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. A young Saleh Bakri also stars in the film in his first role in an Arab film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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