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title: 'Salt of this Sea (2008)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Annemarie Jacir'
released: '2008-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 105
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Occupied Palestinian territories'
  - 'Palestine'
  - 'France'
  - 'Switzerland'
  - 'Belgium'
  - 'Spain'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/salt-of-this-sea-2008'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1090680/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Salt of this Sea (2008)

2008 · 105 min · Drama · Occupied Palestinian territories, Palestine, France, Switzerland, Belgium, Spain

Original title: Milh Hadha Al-Bahr

## Synopsis

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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Annemarie Jacir](https://cinepixo.com/people/annemarie-jacir)
- **Screenplay:** [Annemarie Jacir](https://cinepixo.com/people/annemarie-jacir)
- **Editor:** [Michèle Hubinon](https://cinepixo.com/people/michele-hubinon)

## Cast

- [Saleh Bakri](https://cinepixo.com/people/saleh-bakri)
- [Edna Blilious](https://cinepixo.com/people/edna-blilious)
- [Ishai Golan](https://cinepixo.com/people/ishai-golan)
- [Danny Glover](https://cinepixo.com/people/danny-glover)
- [Suheir Hammad](https://cinepixo.com/people/suheir-hammad)
- [Juliano Mer-Khamis](https://cinepixo.com/people/juliano-mer-khamis)

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Official site: http://www.philistinefilms.org/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/salt-of-this-sea-2008
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