Salt of This Sea
Sep 03 2008
•2h 49m
•Drama, Romance
Born in Brooklyn to Palestinian refugee parents, Soraya 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.
Cast
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Suheir Hammad
Soraya
Saleh Bakri
Emad
Riyad Ideis
Marwan
Sylvie Wetz
Corinne (as Sylvie Wetz)
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