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MusicComedy

West Bank Story

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

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?

Release Date : 2005-01-20

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company :

Production Country : United States of America

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Cast

Ben Newmark

Character Name : David

Original Name : Ben Newmark

Gender : Male

Noureen DeWulf

Character Name : Fatima

Original Name : Noureen DeWulf

Gender : Female

A.J. Tannen

Character Name : Ariel

Original Name : A.J. Tannen

Gender : Male

Joey Naber

Character Name : Ahmed

Original Name : Joey Naber

Gender : Male

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-03-22

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, the marketing industry and I found it a surprisingly entertaining and ridiculous send-up of political and religious differences set amidst the fantasy of fast food frolics with some cringeworthy rhymes incorporated into the lyric. Even the camel gets a kiss as the romance hots up! This is quite good, satirical, fun.