Salt of this Sea

Not to be confused with Salt to the Sea.
Salt of this Sea
Milh Hadha Al-Bahr
Directed byAnnemarie Jacir
Written byAnnemarie Jacir
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyBenoît Chamaillard
Edited byMichèle Hubinon
Music byKamran Rastegar
Production
companies
  • Rotana Film Production
  • JBA Production
  • Philistine Films
  • Thelma Film AG
  • Louverture Films
  • Clarity World Films
  • Augustus Films
  • TSR
  • Mediapro[3]
Distributed byRotana Studios
Pyramide Distribution
Release date
  • May 16, 2008 (2008-05-16) (Cannes[1])
Running time
109 min.
Countries
  • France
  • Israel
  • Palestine
  • United States
  • Netherlands
  • Spain
  • Belgium
  • Switzerland[2]
LanguageArabic

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.[4] 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.

  1. ^ "Un Certain Regard: "Salt of the Sea" by Annemarie Jacir". Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  2. ^ "LUMIERE Data base on admissions of films released in Europe". Retrieved 15 December 2017. Producing or Co-producing country : FR / PS / US / NL / ES / BE / CH [Co-production]
  3. ^ "Le Sel de la mer". Tarantula. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  4. ^ 'Salt' to be Palestinian Oscar entry By Ian Mundell, Variety, Sep. 22, 2008