Sasson Gabai
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Filmography
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The Band's Visit
(2007)This heartwarming and poignant winner of the Cannes Film Festival Un Certain Regard prize is the mesmerizing and witty story of strangers in a strange land. A fading Egyptian police band arrives in Israel to play at the Arab Cultural Center. When they take the wrong bus, the band members find themselves in a desolate Israeli village. With no other option than to spend the night with the local...

Hunting Elephants
(2013)In Jerusalem, a bullied teen, his grandfather, and his long-lost uncle decide to rob a bank in order to solve their financial problems.

Restoration
(2011)70 year old Yaakov Fidelman (Sasson Gabai, The Band's Visit) hangs on with all his might to the antique restoration workshop which has been his life's work. After his long-time business partner passes away, Fidelman rejects his son Noah's idea to close the business and build an apartment complex on the site. He believes that with the help of his new apprentice Anton, he'll find a way to save his workshop, his world and his solitary way of life.

Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem
(2014)Seeking to finalize a divorce (gett) from her estranged husband, an Israeli woman finds herself put on trial by her country’s religious marriage laws.

The Impossible Spy
(1987)La vida tranquila de un hombre de familia cambia radicalmente cuando, a los 35 años de edad, lo recluta el servicio secreto de Israel.

The Other Story
(2018)Two rebellious young women, one of faith; the other of sensuality, team up to discover the truth behind the other story with surprising consequences.

The Kind Words
(2015)In the wake of their mother’s death, three Jewish Israeli siblings - Dorona and brothers Netanel and Shai - learn the man who raised them is not their biological dad. The revelation sends them on a road trip from Israel across France to discover the truth about their real father.

The Angel
(2018)As his country prepares for war, top Egyptian official Ashraf Marwan makes contact with Israel and wades into a shadowy game of high-stakes espionage.

Rambo III
(1988)Rambo has withdrawn to a Buddhist monastery in Thailand where he found peace and serenity. His mentor Colonel Trautman asks him to help carry out a dangerous mission in Afghanistan, but he refuses. Trautman attempts it alone but is captured and harshly interrogated. The CIA can do nothing and call upon Rambo. Rambo chooses his weapons, binds his muscles and hits his enemies like a hurricane.

The Order
(2001)Traveling to Israel, a playboy criminal is thrust into a dangerous world of ancient evil as he investigates his archaeologist dad's disappearance.