THAT ORCHESTRA WITH THE BROKEN INSTRUMENTS

Israel 2021

Director: Yuval Hameiri

Hebrew, Arabic and English with English subtitles

79 minutes

Documentary

A broken string, fractured echo chamber, rusting valves. One brilliant conductor, three gifted composers, and 100 musicians meet for four days of rehearsals. They speak different languages. Their instruments are broken. An orchestra of professional and amateur musicians, young and old, prepare, against all odds, for a one-time-only concert in Jerusalem.  The film traces the creative process - from collecting the instruments, to workshops, intensive rehearsals, and the night of the performance - and offers us a lyrical and engaging take on what is broken and what is whole, as it chronicles a determined attempt, if only for a moment, to create harmony in a discordant city.