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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.
Top billed cast
Sasson GabaiTewfiq Zakaria
Ronit ElkabetzDina
Saleh BakriKhaled
Khalifa NatourSimon
Shlomi AvrahamPapi
Rubi MoskovitzItzik- Jabarin CamalImad
Uri GavrielAvrum- Imad JabarinMajor-general Camal Abdel Azim
Hila Sorjon-FisherIris
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