Saleh Bakri
Acting
Biography
Saleh Bakri (born March 1, 1977) is a Palestinian film and stage actor. Graduated at the Beit Zvi School for the Performing Arts, he began his film career in 2007 playing lead roles in The Band's Visit and Salt of This Sea.
Born: March 1, 1977
Place of Birth: Galilee, Palestine
Known For
Gaza Bride 17
A fisherman from Gaza is trapped in his haunting memories. After losing his only child, he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder that leads him on a psychological journey, reliving his tragedy in a different reality.
All That's Left of You
In the Occupied West Bank of the 1980s, a Palestinian teenager is swept into a protest that changes the course of his family's life. Reeling from its aftermath, his mother, Hanan, shares the story that led them to that fateful moment. Spanning seven decades, this epic drama traces the hopes and heartaches of one uprooted family, revealing not only the scars of displacement, but the unbreakable spirit of survival.
Palestine 36
In 1936, as Palestinian villages revolt against British colonial rule and Zionist immigration from Europe accelerates toward the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, Yusuf moves between Jerusalem and his rural home amid escalating unrest and a decisive moment for the British Empire.
Alam
Despite being part of a young generation of Palestinian Arabs whose families chose to stay and challenge the Israeli state after Al-Nakba, 17-year-old Tamer and his friends are just like any other group of teenage boys. They clumsily search for drugs, flirt with girls, play video games, and slack off at school. However, when a beautiful new student named Maysaa’ joins their class Tamer immediately falls for her and, by association, is drawn into her political activism. Together they join fellow classmate, Safwat, in an operation to covertly raise the Palestinian flag and peacefully disrupt the local celebrations planned for Israel’s Independence Day – otherwise known to Palestinians as a day of mourning and memorialization for their displacement 70 years prior. Unsure of his own political convictions, Tamer must quickly determine what matters to him and what price he is willing to pay for freedom.
The Blue Caftan
A middle-aged tailor and his wife find their relationship challenged by the arrival of a handsome new apprentice.
The Present
On his wedding anniversary, Yusef and his young daughter set out in the West Bank to buy his wife a gift. Between soldiers, segregated roads and checkpoints, how easy would it be to go shopping?
Wajib
After years abroad in Italy, Shadi returns to his native Nazareth. But this is no spectacular homecoming. He's back somewhat begrudgingly to honour his "wajib" (or duty) to hand out invitations to his sister's wedding with his father. The simmering tension between the two — who are often stuck in a car, more often than not in traffic — builds, exposing the sometimes-comic chasms that exist between men who live in different worlds but share an unshakable bond.
The Time That Remains
An examination of the creation of the state of Israel in 1948 through to the present day. A semi-biographic film, in four chapters, about a family spanning from 1948 until recent times. Combined with intimate memories of each member, the film attempts to portray the daily life of those Palestinians who remained in their land and were labelled "Israeli-Arabs," living as a minority in their own homeland.
The Band's Visit
A small Egyptian police band travels to Israel to play at the inaugural ceremony of an Arab arts center, only to find themselves stuck in the wrong town.
When I Saw You
Tarek and his mother Ghaydaa number among the tens of thousands of refugees crossing the border from Palestine, having been separated from Tarek's father amidst the chaos of the Six Day War. They ultimately settle at the Harir refugee camp, a makeshift home for a new generation displaced by conflict. Tarek dreams of being reunited with his father, and struggles to adapt to a new life far away from all he previously knew.
Filmography
as Alaa
as Khalid
as Salim
as L'étranger
as Saleh
as Basem El-Saleh
as Hassan
as Halim
as Uncle Naji
as Walid
as Nijm
as Ahmet
as Yusef
as Akil Keser
as Yehia (voice)
as Shadi
as Talal
as Layth
as Yacine
as Salvo Mancuso
as Himself
as Sami
as Fuad
as Former Prisoner
as Emad
as Jesus of Nazareth
as Khaled
as Self
as Wajih