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Salt of This Sea, is a 2008 Palestinian movie, directed by Annemarie Jacir, and starring Suheir Hammad, Saleh Bakri, Riyad Ideis, with a runtime of 109 minutes. Content rating: NR.
Salt of This Sea is a Palestinian drama film following Soraya, a Brooklyn-born woman raised by Palestinian refugee parents. When she discovers that her grandfather's life savings remain frozen in a Jaffa bank account — locked away since his forced exile in 1948 — she travels to the land of her ancestors determined to reclaim what rightfully belongs to her family. What begins as a straightforward mission quickly unravels into a deeply personal and politically charged journey, pushing Soraya far beyond her comfort zone. A powerful film exploring Palestinian identity, diaspora, and the long shadow of displacement.
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$552K
Salt of this Sea 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.
Distributed by: Netflix, Rotana Media Group, Rotana Studios.
Category
2009
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