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'Bosta' (English: 'The Autobus' Arabic: 'Bosta' — ) is a 2005 Lebanese film by the director Philippe Aractingi. Bosta is a story of young Lebanese artists who meet again, after being separated, and tour different cities of Lebanon in an old bus, performing a techno version of the dabkeh that shocks conservatives, but moves forward towards the future. Simon Emmerson and Martin Russell from the group, Afro Celt Sound System composed original music for the dabkeh (dance) sequences and composed the film's underscore respectively.[http://www.psfilmfest.org/festival/film/detail.aspx?id=11801&FID=29 Bosta | 2007 Palm Springs International Film Festival | Philippe Aractingi | Lebanon]

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'Bosta' is a road musical that takes the audience on a wonderful journey across various Lebanese regions... a journey accompanied by a groundbreaking soundtrack and, of course, this truly pioneering dance, the electro-dabkeh.


'Bosta' was the best selling film in Lebanon in 2006.[http://cinema.club-internet.fr/film/anecdote_gen_cfilm=121497.html AOL Neuf Cegetel - Club Internet] The movie was submitted as the official Lebanese entry in the 79th Academy Awards (Oscars) in the Best Foreign Language Film category.

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