Every Time We Say Goodbye is a 1986 American drama film starring Tom Hanks and Cristina Marsillach.

Hanks plays a gentile American in the Royal Air Force, stationed in mandatory Jerusalem, who falls in love with a girl from a Sephardic Jewish family.

[1] Lt. David Bradley is an American pilot who joins the Royal Air Force (RAF) before the United States enters World War II.

During his recovery, David meets Sarah Perrara, a serene girl of Spanish Jewish descent.

When a drunk Australian serviceman tries to force Sarah to kiss him, her cousin, Nessim, pops out of nowhere to aid her while David knocks him out by breaking his cane over his head.

Although Sarah and David are attracted to each other, she is convinced that their diverse backgrounds mean that it could never work, so she refuses to go on a date with him.

David tries to formally ask for her family's permission, but they disapprove, mostly because he is the gentile son of a Protestant minister.

A brother helps her sneak out; she goes to David's boarding house, and they spend the night together.

After his breakout role in Splash, Tom Hanks signed to star in Every Time We Say Goodbye.

[3] Much of the film was shot on location in Israel, including in the King David Hotel, Jerusalem.

To this day, according to Box Office Mojo, it remains the lowest-grossing theatrically released film starring Hanks.