Salt of This Sea

2008

109 min

6.1

Ends at

Born in Brooklyn to Palestinian refugee parents, Soraya (Suheir Hammad) decides to journey to the country of her ancestry when she discovers that her grandfather's savings have been frozen in a Jaffa bank account since his 1948 exile. However, she soon finds that her simple plan is a complicated undertaking — one that takes her further from her comfort zone than she'd imagined.

Budget

$0

Genre

Drama, Romance

Director

Annemarie Jacir

Country

Palestinian Territory

Cast & Crew

Suheir Hammad

Saleh Bakri

Riyad Ideis

Sylvie Wetz

Yahya Barakat

Khaled Hourani

Iman Aoun

Juliano Mer-Khamis

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Salt of This Sea

Born in Brooklyn to Palestinian refugee parents, Soraya (Suheir Hammad) decides to journey to the country of her ancestry when she discovers that her grandfather's savings have been frozen in a Jaffa bank account since his 1948 exile. However, she soon finds that her simple plan is a complicated undertaking — one that takes her further from her comfort zone than she'd imagined.

  • Suheir Hammad

  • Saleh Bakri

  • Riyad Ideis

  • Sylvie Wetz

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