The Band's Visit is an Israeli film about an Egyptian band that turns up in the wrong town in Israel for the opening of a cultural centre. The film gently depicts the reactions of the bemused locals and band members to this unexpected collision of cultures and peoples.
The Band's Visit is low key and humorous. The scenes are played out in laconic style; there is nothing slapstick in the presentation.
Although the film contains Hebrew and Arabic dialogue, there is a considerable amount of English spoken with the oddity that all the dialogue (including English) is subtitled.
An unexpected delight.
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