# Salt of This Sea (2008)

> A determined Palestinian American woman returns to Jaffa to reclaim her grandfather’s savings, only to find her idealized homeland reshaping her ideas of freedom and belonging.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/4313

## Facts

- Runtime: 109 min
- Genres: Drama, Romance
- Director: Annemarie Jacir
- Cast: Suheir Hammad, Saleh Bakri, Riyad Ideis, Sylvie Wetz, Yahya Barakat, Khaled Hourani, Iman Aoun, Juliano Mer-Khamis
- TMDB rating: 5.8/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1090680/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: mild
- Mood: passionate, bittersweet, politically charged, reflective evening, political cinema night

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