The Band's Visit/Eran Kolirin – 2007


Please read all questions and think about all of them. Then answer any questions you choose as you
like to fill exactly one page.


1.      Describe the opening image of the film. What is the meaning of the colors used in this
scene?

2.      What is the film's style and genre?

3.      Define the theme of the film in one or two words. What's the relationship between the theme
and the film's title?

4.      Why does the band arrive to Beit Htikva instead of Petach-Tikva? How does this relate to
the film's theme?

5.      How is the sound track (music, dialogue and effects) used in the film to convey its theme?

6.      Is it a political film? If yes, in what sense?

7.      In this film there are no Europeans among the characters and cast. They are all oriental
Jews and Egyptians, Israeli Arabs in the roles of most Egyptians, Sasson Gabay, Israeli oriental
jew star, as Taufik, the conductor, and Ronit Elkabetz as Dina. What is the meaning of ethnicity in
this film?

8.      What are the pictures on the restaurant's walls? Why does Haled (Sallah Bakri) hang his hat
on one of them?

9.      In one of the scenes Haled teaches Pappi, the insecure Israeli guy, how to treat the girl
he wants. How is this related to the film's theme?