Salt of This Sea
2008·Drama·1h 49m
7.1
★
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.
Directed by Annemarie Jacir
palestine
woman director
diaspora
Trailer
IMDB
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Cast
Suheir Hammad
Soraya
Saleh Bakri
Emad
Juliano Mer-Khamis
Hiking Leader
Crew
Annemarie Jacir
Director
Annemarie Jacir
Writer
Benoît Chamaillard
Director of Photography
Jacques Bidou
Producer
Joslyn Barnes
Co-Producer
Annemarie Jacir
Co-Producer
Danny Glover
Co-Producer
Javier Méndez
Executive Producer
Françoise Joset
Production Design
Popular Reviews
24 reviews
Afifaaa
10.0★ · 04/06/26
Haven’t seen a this REAL film in long time🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸
Haven’t seen a this REAL film in long time🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸
gaby
8.0★ · 03/02/26
the irony of the “end the occupation” mugs… soraya is better than me i would’ve started flipping shit over
the irony of the “end the occupation” mugs… soraya is better than me i would’ve started flipping shit over
Natalia Gaytan
10.0★ · 10/16/25
There’s this scene that really struck me where Soraya goes into her grandpa’s home and sees the Israeli’s mugs say “peace now” and “end the occupation” only to be followed by her being kicked out of the house after visually and verbally showing her anger towards her family having had everything taken away from them. She tells the occupier
“My grandpa lied down this tile. How does that make you feel?” 17 years later, and I can’t believe how the tragedies Palestinians have had to endure living under an apartheid settler colonialist state have only been worse, even when massively broadcasted across the world. Heartbreaking film but also beautiful in its resistance, its joy, its love, its humor.
There’s this scene that really struck me where Soraya goes into her grandpa’s home and sees the Israeli’s mugs say “peace now” and “end the occupation” only to be followed by her being kicked out of the house after visually and verbally showing her anger towards her family having had everything taken away from them. She tells the occupier
“My grandpa lied down this tile. How does that make you feel?” 17 years later, and I can’t believe how the tragedies Palestinians have had to endure living under an apartheid settler colonialist state have only been worse, even when massively broadcasted across the world. Heartbreaking film but also beautiful in its resistance, its joy, its love, its humor.
va24mar
8.0★ · 04/07/25
2008
This is such a beautiful and deeply sad film that goes between filling you with rage and putting. a joyful smile on your face. Between occupation, police harassment, apartheid and countless other, general wounds, there is space for love, compassion and happiness. It’s a film that portrays so many different kinds of pain and harassment Palestinians face every day and have faced for generations, but it doesn’t just do that - which would’ve been totally valid. It uses all that to tell a still tragic but somewhat inspiring story of return and taking what’s rightfully yours.
The two central performances are phenomenal and I loved the characters so much. And the way the story develops is great.
One day, Palestine will be free. All the pain and degradation, the massacres and occupation, the apartheid and settler colonialism, the nakba and genocide Palestinians suffered through for generations won’t be erased, but they’ll be able to return to their homeland and rebuild. They’ll finally be able to reclaim what’s theirs. To have full control over their lives and futures. Palestine will be free!
“Where are you from?”
”I’m from here.”
”Here where?”
”Palestine.”
This is such a beautiful and deeply sad film that goes between filling you with rage and putting. a joyful smile on your face. Between occupation, police harassment, apartheid and countless other, general wounds, there is space for love, compassion and happiness. It’s a film that portrays so many different kinds of pain and harassment Palestinians face every day and have faced for generations, but it doesn’t just do that - which would’ve been totally valid. It uses all that to tell a still tragic but somewhat inspiring story of return and taking what’s rightfully yours.
The two central performances are phenomenal and I loved the characters so much. And the way the story develops is great.
One day, Palestine will be free. All the pain and degradation, the massacres and occupation, the apartheid and settler colonialism, the nakba and genocide Palestinians suffered through for generations won’t be erased, but they’ll be able to return to their homeland and rebuild. They’ll finally be able to reclaim what’s theirs. To have full control over their lives and futures. Palestine will be free!
2008
This is such a beautiful and deeply sad film that goes between filling you with rage and putting. a joyful smile on your face. Between occupation, police harassment, apartheid and countless other, general wounds, there is space for love, compassion and happiness. It’s a film that portrays so many different kinds of pain and harassment Palestinians face every day and have faced for generations, but it doesn’t just do that - which would’ve been totally valid. It uses all that to tell a still tragic but somewhat inspiring story of return and taking what’s rightfully yours.
The two central performances are phenomenal and I loved the characters so much. And the way the story develops is great.
One day, Palestine will be free. All the pain and degradation, the massacres and occupation, the apartheid and settler colonialism, the nakba and genocide Palestinians suffered through for generations won’t be erased, but they’ll be able to return to their homeland and rebuild. They’ll finally be able to reclaim what’s theirs. To have full control over their lives and futures. Palestine will be free!
“Where are you from?”
”I’m from here.”
”Here where?”
”Palestine.”
This is such a beautiful and deeply sad film that goes between filling you with rage and putting. a joyful smile on your face. Between occupation, police harassment, apartheid and countless other, general wounds, there is space for love, compassion and happiness. It’s a film that portrays so many different kinds of pain and harassment Palestinians face every day and have faced for generations, but it doesn’t just do that - which would’ve been totally valid. It uses all that to tell a still tragic but somewhat inspiring story of return and taking what’s rightfully yours.
The two central performances are phenomenal and I loved the characters so much. And the way the story develops is great.
One day, Palestine will be free. All the pain and degradation, the massacres and occupation, the apartheid and settler colonialism, the nakba and genocide Palestinians suffered through for generations won’t be erased, but they’ll be able to return to their homeland and rebuild. They’ll finally be able to reclaim what’s theirs. To have full control over their lives and futures. Palestine will be free!
Jagdish
9.7★ · 10/12/24
‘Welcome to your country’
A perfect film. Mandatory viewing to understanding not only Palestine as an occupied state but of its exiled decendants clawing and yearning to belong. I feel ashamed that apartheid and genocide continue to perpetuate. Human failure.
Open beach. Heirloom furniture. Oranges. I hope I live to see a free Palestine in my lifetime.
A perfect film. Mandatory viewing to understanding not only Palestine as an occupied state but of its exiled decendants clawing and yearning to belong. I feel ashamed that apartheid and genocide continue to perpetuate. Human failure.
Open beach. Heirloom furniture. Oranges. I hope I live to see a free Palestine in my lifetime.
‘Welcome to your country’
A perfect film. Mandatory viewing to understanding not only Palestine as an occupied state but of its exiled decendants clawing and yearning to belong. I feel ashamed that apartheid and genocide continue to perpetuate. Human failure.
Open beach. Heirloom furniture. Oranges. I hope I live to see a free Palestine in my lifetime.
A perfect film. Mandatory viewing to understanding not only Palestine as an occupied state but of its exiled decendants clawing and yearning to belong. I feel ashamed that apartheid and genocide continue to perpetuate. Human failure.
Open beach. Heirloom furniture. Oranges. I hope I live to see a free Palestine in my lifetime.