[Palestine, 2008 · 109 mins · 1.66 · 35mm · Dolby SR
Original Languages: Arabic and English ·
Original title: Milh Hadha al-Bahr]

Ben Gurion Airport.

An American passport is placed on the counter. The security agent looks up to find Soraya, a third generation refugee from Brooklyn. She is asked to step aside for a thorough security inspection. The last passenger to clear customs, Soraya is finally permitted to pass. She exits the customs hall to a sea of faces, welcome balloons, and kissing relatives -- none are for her.

Sixty years after her grandparent's exile, she has returned.

Soraya, born in Brooklyn in a working class community of Palestinian refugees, discovers that her grandfather’s savings were frozen in a bank account in Jaffa when he was exiled in 1948. Stubborn, passionate and determined to reclaim what is hers, she fulfills her life-long dream of “returning” to Palestine.

Once there, slowly she is taken apart by the reality around her and is forced to confront her own anger. She meets Emad, a young Palestinian whose ambition, contrary to hers, is to leave forever. Tired of the constraints that dictate their lives, they know in order to be free, they must take things into their own hands, even if it’s illegal.

Salt of This Sea is distributed internationally by Pyramide International.

Salt of This Sea was produced by JBA production.