West Bank Story poster

West Bank Story

A little singing, a little dancing, a lot of hummus.

6.5(22)200521m1

A musical comedy set in the fast-paced, fast-food world of competing falafel stands in the West Bank... David, an Israeli soldier, falls in love with the beautiful Palestinian cashier, Fatima, despite the animosity between their families' dueling restaurants. Can the couple's love withstand a 2000-year-old conflict and their families' desire to control the future of the chickpea in the Middle East?

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Released
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Language
English

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Director

Ari Sandel

Writers

Ari Sandel

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereSundance Film Festival20 Jan 2005
    • Theatrical (limited)20 Jan 2005

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West Bank Story was released on 20 January 2005.

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    CinemaSerf

    3/22/2024

    7/10

    I wonder what Shakespeare might have made of this, I wonder what Steven Sondheim actually did. An handsome Israeli soldier falls for a gorgeous Palestinian girl and the battles lines are drawn. "Kosher King" v "Hummus Hut" and some rousing anthem singing, nimble dancing and falafel cooking is to settle the dispute. We've even a fiddler on the roof! The rest of the story and characters poke fun at stereotypes galore, …

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