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Filmed where???

posted 16 years ago by films42
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Can anyone tell me where THE BAND'S VISIT was actually filmed? There is no town called "Beit Hatikvah," is there...?

Todah rabah,
Jan

[–] timberlady1 16 years ago

No, there is no town in Israel called "Beit Hatiqwa", but its name, meaning "House of Hope" was chosen carefully. I presume the film was shot somewhere in a small town in the Negev area.

[–] films42 16 years ago

That would be my guess too... Close to that other mythical town reached when you TURN LEFT AT THE END OF THE WORLD, huh ;-)

Thanks, Timberlady1!

Jan

[–] timberlady1 16 years ago

You could not have said it better !!! YES THERE!!!

[–] nrho 16 years ago

I also thought it looked like the town where Beitar Provence took place. Anyone know where that one was filmed?

[–] djodjodjo 16 years ago

I agree that the city name was chosen carefully because of it's meaning but that's not it..

there is a town called "Petach Tiqwa".. where if I remember correctly the band plays at the end.
arabs commonly pronounce "Pe" as "Be" which explains the confusion that led to the whole story.. the band finding their way to "Beit Hatiqwa" instead of "Petach Tiqwa".

loved the movie :)

[–] timberlady1 16 years ago

Of course the confusion of the names is the main issue and aim, but then the name of the well thought over choice for the wrong place "Beit Hatiqwa" was no coindidence.

[–] nrho 16 years ago

Also loved the film, but why would an Arab Music Center open in Petach Tikva, or all places ("Em haMoshavot")? Wouldn't it make more sense in Nazareth, or Sakhnin?

[–] tomerto-1 16 years ago

The film was shot mostly in Yeruham, a town in the Negev desert in the south of Israel.

[–] films42 16 years ago

So... a bit south of Beersheva...? Todah rabah, Tomerto-1!

Jan

[–] lubin-freddy 16 years ago

One of the few weaknesses in Avi Nesher's "Turn Left at the End of the World" was, in my opinion, its failure to create a real sense of place. The film was shot on a set near Kibbutz Sde Boker (Ben Gurion's kibbutz), as the make-believe "development town", which, having lived in on a while back, never convinced me. "Bikur ha'tizmoret" was shot around the town of Yeruham, which is a little larger than the fictional "Beit ha'tiqvah", but was shot in a way that made it look real.