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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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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Lemon Tree (2008)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.