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《警察樂隊來訪時》
The Band's Visit
4月10日 迷城有愛

以色列電影新勢力顛峰之作
以幽默筆觸笑看人間有情
以睿智音韻打造共融天地
埃及警察樂隊上錯巴士落錯站
迷失在以色列小鎮的心靈之旅
橫掃全球影壇 觸動心靈無國界

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故事大綱

一隊埃及警察樂隊獲邀出席以色列某文化中心的開幕典禮，豈料來到機場卻發現無人接機。隊長決定自行乘車，結果卻令整隊人流落沙漠! 穿上全套制服的警察樂隊拖著行李樂器，在無酒店無支援的荒僻地帶慌失失四圍走。幸好小鎮的小食店老闆娘見義勇為，慷慨為樂隊周羅地方宿一宵。

埃及與以色列局勢一向緊張，加上文化差異和言語不通，令客人跟主人難免緊張兼互相猜疑。然而，當眾人慢慢放下警戒之心，卻發現從未遇見的人間風景。上錯巴士落錯站，竟為眾人造就充滿驚喜與意外的一夜 -- 熱情的老闆娘情牽鐵面柔情的隊長、年青風流的隊員跟本地人到滾軸溜冰場「夜蒲」的奇遇…原來放下歧見之時，便能體會全城有愛，最漂亮的樂章亦從心奏起。

導演的話

當我還是小孩的時候，我總會跟家人一起看埃及電影，這是以色列家庭很普遍的慣常活動。大約在80年代初，每逢星期五下午時段，每家每戶均會收看全國唯一的電視頻道，聚精會神地看著Omar Sharif、Pathen Hamama、I'del Imam等演員演繹峰迴路轉、讓人透不過氣的劇情，又或是不真實的愛情故事，甚至是刻骨銘心的悲情戲。以色列作為一個既要長期處於與埃及戰鬥的狀態，有時又能做到彼此關係較為淡薄但卻和平的鄰國，實在有點奇怪。

看完這些阿拉伯語電影後，有時候在片末會播出以色列廣播局管弦樂團的表演，這是一支阿拉伯古典管弦樂團，由來自伊拉克和埃及的阿拉伯猶太人組成。當你想到以色列廣播局管弦樂團，我們看埃及電影的習慣就不再那麼奇怪。

不過隨著電視台私營化後，頻道多達557個，我們甚至都不知道有多少個頻道，而阿拉伯語電影也自始沒有再上映，以色列廣播局管弦樂團亦因此解散，取而代之的是MTV、BBC、RTL、《Israeli Idol》、流行曲和30秒廣告等各式各樣的資訊娛樂，這時還有誰會關心我們曾經擁有的半小時音樂世界？

之後，以色列興建機場，大型商店如H&M、Pull and Bear、Levi's等引入國家，人們已忘記阿拉伯語的存在，機場四周的路牌已沒有那些別人看來覺得鬈曲又古怪的阿拉伯文，甚至連以色列人，有一半人口都已把自己的母語遺忘，他們甚至連自己的身分都已遺忘。

很多電影都以感性的角度，提出世上為何沒有和平的問題，但很少人提出為何我們需要將和平放在第一位。現今社會人人都講求經濟利益，大家早已把「和平」拋諸腦後。將來我的兒子與鄰居的兒子都會相遇相知，但他們的和諧，將會在燈光閃爍的大型商場內的麥當勞標誌下共處。

人類似乎已經迷途，真愛已化成一夜情，藝術要與商業掛勾，人與人之間的溝通，對談的魔力，已用作牟利的工具。我不知道這樣的改變，究竟是好是壞。

有關導演
ERAN KOLIRIN (導演、編劇)

生於1973年，Eran首次完成有關電影的工作是為電影《Zur - Hadassim》撰寫劇本， 該劇本贏得1999年以色列耶路撒冷國際電影節最佳劇本「Lipper Prize」大獎。

2004年Eran自編自導電視電影《The Long Journey》，而《警察樂隊來訪時》是Eran首次執導的電影。Eran現正為第二部電影《Pathways in the desert》埋首創作劇本。

有關演員

SASSON GABAI飾演TEWFIQ (樂隊隊長)

畢業於Tel Aviv大學戲劇學系的Sasson Gabai，是以色列著名及多產演員，曾擔演多部以色列及海外電影，另外亦有參與電視劇集及舞台劇演出包括：電影《Aviva My Love》、《第一滴血3》、《the Order》、《Made in Israel》、《Scar》、《Les Patriots》、《Tel Aviv Stories》、《Cherry Season》、《First Light》、《Not Without My Daughter》、《The Quarry》及《War Zone》等。

Sasson亦曾獲以色列劇場大獎最佳男主角及以色列電影大獎最佳男配角。

RONIT ELKABETZ 飾演DINA (餐廳老闆娘)

Ronit Elkabetz是以色列影壇一位重要演員，曾於以色列及法國參演無數以色列及國際電影、電視劇集及舞台劇演出，包括《Prendre Femme》、《Or（My Treasure）》、《Alila》、《Origine Controlee》、《Late Marriage》、《Scar》、《Sh'Chur》、《Eddie King》及《The appointed》等，歷年來獲獎無數，包括：憑電影《Or（My Treasure）》獲得西班牙瓦倫西瓦國際電影節優秀演繹大獎及以色列耶路撒冷國際電影節最佳女主角；憑電影《Late Marriage》贏得美國傳媒影評人選擇大獎、阿根廷布宜諾斯艾利斯最佳女主角、希臘塞薩洛尼基國際電影最佳女主角及以色列電影大獎最佳女主角；憑電影《Sh'Chur》贏得以色列電影大獎最佳女主角。Ronit演而優則導，2005年她首次自導自演電影《Prendre Femme》，電影即成為當年威尼斯國際電影節開幕電影，並贏得當年影評人及觀眾大獎，其精湛演技亦令她憑《Prendre Femme》在瑞典國際電影節及以色列耶路撒冷國際電影節贏得最佳女主角殊榮。Ronit現正籌備她的第二齣執導電影《Shiv'ah》。

SALEH BAKRI飾演HALED (風流年輕演員)

僑居以色列的巴勒斯坦演員Saleh Bakri畢業於Beit Zvi演藝學校，活躍於以色列舞台劇場，包括：Habima、Haifa Theatre、the Acco festival of Alternative Israeli Theatre等，《警察樂隊來訪時》是他首部參演電影。

KHALIFA NATOUR飾演SIMON (隊長副手)

同樣僑居以色列，但身兼導演、編劇及演員工作的巴勒斯坦人Khalifa Natour畢業於Beit Zvi演藝學校，為舞台劇界活躍分子，經常在Habima、Beer Shiva Theatre、the Acco festival of Alternative Israeli Theatre、Al-Kasba Theatre in East-Jerusalem and Ramalla、El-Hakawati Theatre及the Lab Theatre作定期演出，Khalifa亦曾參與電視電影及巴勒斯坦電影，包括：《Three Diamonds》及《Rana's Wedding》。

JULY AUGUST PRODUCTIONS

BLEIBERG ENTERTAINMENT

SOPHIE DULAC PRODUCTIONS

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FESTIVAL DE CANNES 2007

OFFICIAL SELECTION

UN CERTAIN REGARD

" THE BAND'S VISIT"

A FILM BY ERAN KOLIRIN

WITH

SASSON GABAI RONIT ELKABETZ SALEH BAKRI KHALIFA NATOUR

2007 / ISRAEL - FRANCE / 35mm / 1:85 / Color / 90mn / Dolby SRD

SYNOPSIS

Once, not long ago, a small Egyptian Police band arrived in Israel. They came to play at an initiation ceremony but, due to bureaucracy, bad luck, or for whatever reason, they were left stranded at the airport. They tried to manage on their own, only to find themselves in a desolate, almost forgotten, small Israeli town, somewhere in the heart of the desert. A lost band in a lost town. Not many people remember this. It wasn't that important.

DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT

When I was a kid, my family and I used to watch Egyptian movies. This was a fairly common Israeli family practice, circa the early 1980's. In the late afternoon on Fridays, we'd watch with bated breaths the convoluted plots, the impossible loves and the heart-breaking pain of Omar Sharif, Pathen Hamama, I'del Imam, and the rest of that crew on the one and only TV channel that the country had. This was kind of weird, actually, for a country that spent half of its existence in a state of war with Egypt, and the other half in a sort of cold, correct peace with its neighbor to the south.

Sometimes, after the Arab movie, they'd broadcast a performance of the Israel Broadcasting Authority's orchestra. This was a classical Arab orchestra, made up almost entirely of Arab Jews from Iraq and Egypt. When you think of the IBA orchestra, maybe the custom of watching Egyptian movies ceremony sounds a little less odd.

The Arab movie has long since disappeared from our screens. TV became privatized, and has sunk out there among the five hundred fifty seven or who knows how many channels that have descended on us. And then the IBA orchestra was disbanded. We got MTV and BBC and RTL and "Israeli Idol" and pop songs and 30-second commercials. So who cares about quarter-tone songs that last half an hour any more?

Afterwards, Israel built the new airport, and they forgot to translate the road signs into Arabic. Among the thousands of shops they built there, they found no room for the strange, curling script that is the mother tongue of half of our population. It's easy to forget the things that H&M and Pull and Bear and Levi's etc. make us forget. Over time, we've forgotten ourselves too.

A lot of movies have been made touching on the question of why there is no peace, but it seems that fewer have been made about the question of why we need peace in the first place. The obvious is lost on us in the midst of conversations centering on economic advantages and interests. At the end of the day, my son and my neighbor's son will meet, I am sure of that, in some neon-blinking mall under a giant McDonald's sign. Maybe that's some kind of comfort,

I don't know. What's certain though is that we've lost something on the way. We traded true love for one-night stands, art for commerce, and the human connection, the magic of conversation for the question of how big a slice of the pie we can put our hands on.

DIRECTOR'S BIO

ERAN KOLIRIN - Director and Script Writer

Born in 1973, Eran Kolirin's first work for cinema was the screenplay for the film "Zur - Hadassim" for which he won the "Lipper Prize" for best script at the Jerusalem International Film Festival, 1999.

In 2004, Eran Kolirin wrote and directed "The Long Journey", a film made for television.

The Band's Visit is Eran's first feature film.

Currently, Eran is writing his second feature film entitled "Pathways in the desert".

ABOUT THE ACTORS

SASSON GABAI (AS TEWFIQ)

One of Israel's leading and prolific actors. Sasson Gabai is a graduate of Tel Aviv University, Drama Dept. He has played in an enormous number of Israeli and international films, television series and theater plays. He has won numerous prizes and awards including among the rest : Landaw award for the performing arts; Best actor, The Israel Academy of theatre; Best actor for supporting role, The Israeli Academy of Cinema. Selected works for cinema : "Aviva My Love", "Rambo III", the Order", "Made in Israel", "Scar", "Les Patriots", "Tel Aviv Stories", "Cherry Season", "First Light", "Not Without My Daughter", "The Quarry", "War Zone".

RONIT ELKABETZ (AS DINA)

One of Israel's leading actresses. 2005 also saw Ronit Elkabetz direct her first feature film : "Prendre Femme" (the film opened in Venice IFF and won the critics and audience awards). She is currently in pre-production for her second feature film : "Shiv'ah". Elkabetz has played in an enormous number of Israeli and international films, television series and theater-plays in Israel and France. She won numerous prizes and awards including among the rest : Excellency award - Valencia IFF for her role in "Or (My Treasure)", Best Actress award - Sweden IFF for her role in "Prendre Femme", two Best Actress awards - Jerusalem IFF for her roles in "Prendre Femme" and "Or", Critics choice of the American Press for her role in "Late Marriage", Best Actress award - Buenos Aires IFF for her role in "Late Marriage", Best Actress Award - Saloniki IFF for her role in "Late Marriage" and two Israeli Film Academy awards for best actress for her roles in "Late Marriage" and "Sh'Chur". Selected works for cinema include : "Prendre Femme", "Or" (Camera D'Or - Cannes IFF); "Alila", "Origine Controlee", "Late Marriage", "Scar", "Sh'Chur", "Eddie King", "The appointed".

SALEH BAKRI (AS HALED)

One of Israel's emerging Palestinian actors, Saleh Bakri is a graduate of the "Beit Zvi" School for the performing arts. Bakri has appeared in several plays at Israel's most prestigious Theatres (Habima, Haifa Theatre, the Acco festival of Alternative Israeli Theatre, etc.). "The Band's Visit" his is first acting role in a feature film.

KHALIFA NATOUR (AS SIMON)

Another of Israel's emerging Palestinian actors, writers and directors, Khalifa Natour is also a graduate of the "Beit Zvi" School for the performing arts. Natour has performed in numerous plays at Israel's and Palestine most prestigious Theatres (Habima, Beer Shiva Theatre, the Acco festival of Alternative Israeli Theatre, El-Kasba Theatre in East-Jerusalem and Ramalla; El-Hakawati Theatre; the Lab Theatre). Natour also played in Television films and series and in Palestinian feature films such as "Three Diamonds" and "Rana's Wedding".

PRODUCTION COMPANIES

July-August Productions (ISRAEL)

July-August Productions is a Tel Aviv, Israel based independent production company specializing in International co-productions, feature films and Television productions. Since its establishment, the company is considered to be one of the fastest-rising production companies in Israel. Over the past years, July-August produced number of feature films, several made for TV's films, television series, mini-series and Feature-length documentaries which include : "Love and Dance" (Feature-film, Berlin IFF, Moscow IFF, Rome IFF), "The Champagne Spy" (Feature-length Documentary, Israeli-German co-production, produced for Arte/ZDF, Jury's Award - DocAviv), "Mimon" (Best Family Film - world film festival, Best Television Film - Israeli Film and Television Academy, best film - Eilat IFF).

Bleiberg Entertainment (USA)

Bleiberg Entertainment is a Beverly Hills based production and international sales company formed in September 2005 by veteran producer Ehud Bleiberg. The company operates on a proven and successful business plan with respect to the production, acquisition, financing and distribution of filmed entertainment to the worldwide marketplace with a slate of projects geared toward the theatrical, DVD and TV markets. The company is currently in production on a number of projects including the Holocaust drama "Adam Resurrected," directed by Paul Schrader and starring Jeff Goldblum , Willem Dafoe and Derek Jacobi ; and the zombie action film "Dance of the Dead," directed by Gregg Bishop. Also coming up is Danny Lerner's sophomore project, the action thriller "Kirot". Last year, Bleiberg co-produced the family drama "Love & Dance" with July August Productions. Ehud Bleiberg also served as executive producer on the critically-lauded "Frozen Days". Past credits include : action spoof "Disaster! The Movie" released by Universal/ScreenMedia, "Monster Man" a slick horror film that was co-produced with Lionsgate, the hit film"100 Girls" and it's follow-up "100 Women", the comedy "According to Spencer" starring Jesse Bradford, Mia Kirshner, Adam Goldberg and Giovanni Ribisi; and Official Selection at 1990 Cannes Film Festival "The Appointed", Bleiberg's also represents the international sales of a wide array of films include "He Was A Quiet Man" starring Christian Slater, Elisha Cuthbert and William H. Macy; "Stephanie Daley" with Tilda Swinton, Amber Tamblyn and Timothy Hutton; The Steve Buscemi-directed comedy "Lonesome Jim" with Casey Affleck and Liv Tyler; and "Erik The Viking" starring Tim Robbins and John Cleese.

For further information please visit our website : www.bleibergent.com

Sophie Dulac Productions (France)

Sophie Dulac Productions was founded in 1999. Its objective is to develop, produce and co-produce features films, documentary films, and short films mainly in the field of arthouse movies and first films. Having mainly produced French films, the company is now developing French and international co-productions. In 2005, Sophie Dulac Productions produced the Argentinean film, "El Cielito" ("The Little Sky") by Maria Victoria Menis. Currently, the company is producing the Argentinean director's next film, "La Camara Oscura" ("The Darkroom"). Sophie Dulac Productions has also just completed "La Question Humaine" ("Heartbeat Detector") by Nicolas Klotz, starring Mathieu Amalric and Michael Lonsdale, selected by the Directors' Fortnight at the 2007 Cannes Festival, as well as a first film "The Band's Visit", directed by Eran Kolirin, starring Sasson Gabai and Ronit Elkabetz, also at the 2007 Cannes Festival, in the "Un Certain Regard" official selection. In 2003, Sophie Dulac Distribution was set up to give a theatrical release to the films produced by Sophie Dulac Productions as well as other films, thanks to its special relationship with "Les Ecrans de Paris", a network of six theaters in Paris. To date, SD Distribution has distributed more than ten films including "To Take a Wife" by Ronit and Shlomi Elkabetz, "Avanim" by Raphael Nadjari, "El Cielito" by M.V. Menis, and more recently, "El Custodio" ("The Minder") by Rodrigo Moreno.

For further information please visit our website : www.sddistribution.fr