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.
Salt of This Sea (2008)
Directed by Annemarie Jacir
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Movie Info
Box Office
$736,502
Themes
Tags
Palestine, Palestinian
Attributes
Narrative Location: Palestine, set in Palestine (region)
Alternate Titles
Bu Denizin Tuzu
TR
Das Salz des Meeres
DE
La sal de este mar
ES
Le sel de la mer
FR
Le Sel de la Mer
DE
Milh Hadha al-Bahr
, PS
Sal desse Mar
BR
Salt of This Sea
CA, GB, US
Sól tej ziemi
PL
The Salt Of The Sea
AU
To alati aftis tis thalassas
GR
Соль этого моря
RU