Well, as my mom would say when at a loss for words, its interesting. Salt to the sea, tells a lithuanian nurse, a prussian apprentice, a 15yearold polish girl, and an eager german who adheres to adolf hitlers propaganda who perished on the mv wilhelm gustloff. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. A brooklyn born palestinianamerican, she arrives in the land of her. It does all the things i cant stand in bad movies, and does them in a good one. With suheir hammad, saleh bakri, riyad ideis, dana drigov. It is 1945 and joana, florian, emilia, and alfred are enduring the harrowing conditions of wwii in east prussia while harboring secrets that haunt them as loudly as. Ruta sepetys ruta sepetys is a lithuanian american born in november 19, 1967 in detroit, michigan. The salton sea 2002 official trailer val kilmer, bd wong movie hd after his wife is murdered, a man drifts into a world populated by thugs. Four young narrators from different nations experience the terrors of war. May 26, 2017 salt to the sea movie is currently in development.
Hoping to convince his wife that a promotion across the country could change their lives, brian takes her on a trip to a faded resort town where they once honeymooned. The first feature film from palestine by a female director, salt of this sea is the politically and emotionally explosive story of soraya suheir hammad. Salt to the sea takes places in east prussia in january 1945. The story also touches on the disappearance of the amber room, a worldfamous, ornately decorated. While playing the trumpet in a burning room, the protagonists voice is heard in narration. Salt to the sea, by ruta sepetys the new york times. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. Universal pictures is developing a movie based on ruta sepetys historical novel salt to the sea, and set up the project with transformers producer lorenzo di bonaventura. The first edition of the novel was published in february 2nd 2016, and was written by ruta sepetys. The salton sea 2002 official trailer val kilmer, bd wong movie hd.
Its like a rebuke to all the lousy action movie directors whove been banging pots and pans together in our skulls. Universal boards world war ii disaster drama salt to the. Salt to the sea npr coverage of salt to the sea by ruta sepetys. Sea salt is produced through evaporation of ocean water or water from saltwater lakes, usually with little processing. The salton sea arrived on time and in excellent condition. List the actors that you would choose to play the main chracters. Obviously there was either an experienced or well researched subject of the screenplay as well as an accurate depiction of how this life is in the movie. A german military transport ship evacuating civilians during world war ii is attacked by a soviet submarine in the baltic sea. The salton sea is a lowlife black comedy drawing inspiration from memento, pulp fiction and those trendy british thrillers about drug lads. A video about salt to the sea by ruta sepetys 6779 views 85 people liked it. In particular, it focuses on the sinking of the wilhelm gustloff during operational hannibal, which took place during wwii and was the largest sea evacuation in. Salt to the sea is a youngadult historical fiction novel published on february 2, 2016. The salton sea 2002 after the murder of his beloved wife, a man val kilmer in search of redemption is set adrift in a world where nothing is as it seems. Over the years, ive heard of the salton sea, but didnt know much about it.
Salt of the sea cast and crew cast photos and info. There were 8 other movies released on the same date, including the expendables, scott pilgrim vs. A group of teenage refugees meet on the road in the chaotic countryside of east prussia in winter 1945. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing salt of the sea near you.
Edition discs price new from used from dvd june 7, 2011 please retry subtitled. Everything you need to know about salt of this sea movie. Soraya is a woman in trouble, from the very start of salt of this sea. The salton sea is a 2002 american neonoir crime thriller film directed by d. Salt of the sea cast and crew cast photos and info fandango. On the back staircase you fell to your knees with tears in your eyes all that you. An urgent and devastating portrait of life in palestine, salt of this sea is essential viewing.
The salton sea and what happened in the movie made me do research of my own, salton sea has a story as well as what the charectors portrayed. Feb 04, 2016 ruta sepetys new novel, salt to the sea, unearths a shockingly littleknown casualty of a gruesome war, and proves that humanity can prevail, even in the darkest of hours. However, she soon finds that her simple plan is a complicated undertaking one that takes her further from her comfort zone than shed imagined. A small movie from 2002 that got far less attention than it deserved, the salton sea, starring val kilmer, vincent donofrio, and peter sarsgaard, is a moody, gritty. Universal boards world war ii disaster drama salt to the sea. Im guessing glass based on the time frame but not sure if it was a smaller project. With joel bissonnette, keylor leigh, april marshallmiller, olivia may. The lumineers salt and the sea lyrics genius lyrics. Pepper is a brooklyn photographer who lost all her work in hurricane. Here, brian is forced to examine his own marriage, fears, and integrity. Universal is making salt to the sea into a movie get ready to sob into your hankies when salt to the sea shows up in theaters, plus allwomen screenings of wonder woman and deep thoughts on zac efrons biceps. Feb 14, 2016 a group of teenage refugees meet on the road in the chaotic countryside of east prussia in winter 1945.
Pepper and the salt sea is a magical realism short film written and directed by don downie. The minerals add flavor and color to sea salt, which also comes in a. Salt to the sea is significant because it foregrounds the perspectives of young people so as to tell the story of world war iis refugees and the tragedy of the wilhelm gustloff. Pdf salt to the sea book by ruta sepetys free download. It tells the story of four individuals in world war ii who make their way to the illfated mv wilhelm gustloff.
Like sepetyss other three novels, salt to the sea explores the lost and forgotten stories of history. Read the salt of this sea movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on. Everything you need to know about salt to the sea movie. Salt of this sea milh hadha albahr 2010 rotten tomatoes. The salt to the sea quotes below are all either spoken by joana vilkas or refer to joana vilkas. Salt to the sea received widespread critical acclaim and has won dozens of regional, national, and international awards. Discuss with a group reasons why so much information is available about the sinking of the titanic and the lusitania and not much is known about. I watched the lumineers npr tiny desk concert last night and they mentioned that salt and the sea was supposed to be for the credits of a m. Imagine that you are the director of a movie based on the novel.
He later met with lord irwin, the viceroy of india, and agreed to call off the satyagraha in exchange for an equal. With val kilmer, vincent donofrio, adam goldberg, luis guzman. The main characters of this historical, historical fiction story are joana, alfred frick. A romantic drama about a workingclass woman and her experiences traveling back home. The first feature film from palestine by a female director, salt of this sea is the politically and emotionally explosive story of soraya suheir hammad, a brooklynborn woman of palestinian. By spending time on the refugees journeys to the ship itself and their. Pages 1 summary these pages comprise fourteen short sections, which alternate between the four young narrators, all of whom are experiencing the same devastating time in history. Her motivation for writing salt to the sea is that since the wilhelm gustloff disaster was so unknown, it made her the kind of story she wanted to tell and she is drawn into. Ruta sepetys new novel, salt to the sea, unearths a shockingly littleknown casualty of a gruesome war, and proves that humanity can prevail, even in the darkest of hours. In 1945, world war ii is drawing to a close in east prussia and thousands of refugees are on a desperate trek toward freedom, almost all of them with something to hide. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one. The movie starts out with a goal to display the reality of life as a palestinian in israel, but then the story draws you in for its own sake. My grandmother, her little brother, her widowed mother and aunt had to flee from silesia to escape the russians, which is similar to why the this book crushed me.
Pdf salt to the sea book by ruta sepetys free download 393. Depending on the water source, this leaves behind certain trace minerals and elements. The salt in the salton sea is higher than that of the pacific ocean and numerous restoration plans have been developed over the years, the latest of which proposes to reduce the size of the lake to make it more manageable at a cost of billions of dollars and more than two decades to complete. Sep 24, 2019 the main differences between sea salt and table salt are in their taste, texture and processing. Your awareness of the caustic side of life as an arab in israel starts out sharp, in parallel with the characters in the movie, and then fades away as the characters themselves seem to find a way to escape from it for a while. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 393 pages and is available in hardcover format. Salt of this sea was released in 2010 on friday, august, 2010 in 1 theater.
Its a unique area that flooded in the early 1900s and became the sea actually californias largest lake. Caruso and starring val kilmer and vincent donofrio. Salton sea, california ghost town lake in the desert. Salt to the sea is a story of survival, not just on the wilhelm gustloff but during the journey before and after as well. I would strongly recommend it to anyone who loves great action packed movies that keep you on the edge of your seat from beginning to end. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. The nazi reich is collapsing all around them, and they, like hundreds of thousands, are. United states august, 2010 new york canada august, 2010. One, two, three, four could it be i was the one that you held so deep in the night. The character of joana vilkas in salt to the sea from. Salt of this sea official trailer the first palestinianproduced feature directed by a woman, annemarie jacirs feature debut, salt of this sea, takes the audience to some unexpected and.
Sixty years after her grandparents exile from ramallah, soraya. After a tragic incident, a man drifts into a world populated by thugs and speed junkies. Salt to the sea is a 2016 historical fiction young adult novel by ruta sepetys book cover illustration and design by matt jones. Born in brooklyn to palestinian refugee parents, soraya suheir hammad decides to journey to the country of her ancestry when she discovers that her grandfathers savings have been frozen in a jaffa bank account since his 1948 exile. Among them are joana, emilia, and florian, whose paths converge en route to the. Salton sea california 2020 all you need to know before. Among them are joana, emilia, and florian, whose paths converge en route to the ship that promises salvation, the wilhelm gustloff. Salt to the sea, in particular touched me, because it mirrored, to a degree, what my grandmother and her family experienced. Thousands of refugees try to evacuate as world war ii draws to a chaotic close. For more information read about salt of this sea on. Free download or read online salt to the sea pdf epub book.
This hard to find movie is one of my all time favorites and, as far as im concerned, it is the best performance by val kilmer of his career. Night shyamalan movie but ended up not getting used. It winds your clock tight and the alarm doesnt go off for 100 minutes. The salton sea 2002 rotten tomatoes movie trailers.