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Tag Archives: Israel
Hanna K. (1983) Costa-Gavras, Jill Clayburgh, Jean Yanne, Gabriel Byrne
Hanna Kaufman is a Jewish-American, who moved to Israel and now works as a defense lawyer there. Read More »
Berlin-Jerusalem AKA Berlin-Yerushalaim (1989) Amos Gitai, Lisa Kreuzer, Rivka Neuman, Markus Stockhausen
Two interconnected stories in the 1930s, one set in Berlin, the other in Palestine Read More »
My Lovely Sister AKA Ahoti Hayafa (2011) Marco Carmel, Reymonde Amsallem, Moris Cohen, Evelin Hagoel
A love story between Rahma, her husband Robert, and the ghost of Rahma’s beautiful sister Mary. Mary died from the pain of banishment, because she chose an Arab. Read More »
The Kindergarten Teacher AKA Haganenet (2014) Nadav Lapid, Sarit Larry, Avi Shnaidman, Lior Raz, Jil Ben David
A kindergarten teacher discovers in a five year-old child a prodigious gift for poetry. Read More »
The Vulture AKA Ha-Ayit (1981) Yaky Yosha, Shraga Harpaz, Shimon Finkel, Hanna Maron
Boaz, a reserve soldier returns from the battlefield and becomes involved in editing a memorial album dedicated to a friend who was killed before his eyes. Read More »
People That Are Not Me AKA Anashim Shehem Lo Ani (2016) Hadas Ben Aroya, Yonatan Bar-Or, Netser Charitt
Joy is a young woman living in Tel Aviv. She has a love-hate relationship with its casual sex scene. Read More »
And on the Third Day AKA Be Yom Hashlishi (2010) Moshe Ivgy, Hila Feldman, Sharon Alexander, Efrat Ben-Zur
This is a movie about people caught up in the moment just before a large or small change is about to take place in their lives. Read More »
Lost Islands AKA Iim Avudim (2008) Reshef Levi, Oshri Cohen, Michael Moshonov, Shmil Ben Ari
The year is 1980. The Levis, a large family with a unique lifestyle, live in what was then a rather naive State of Israel. Read More »
The Ballad of the Weeping Spring AKA Balada le’aviv ha’bohe (2012) Benny Toraty, Uri Gavriel, Yigal Adika, Lirit Balaban
Jossef Tawila, the legendary tar player of the band Ensemble Tourqouise along with Avram Mufradi composed the Crying Spring Symphony. Read More »
The Little Traitor AKA Ha’Boged Hakatan (2007) Lynn Roth, Ido Port, Alfred Molina, Gilya Stern
Based on the novel “Panther in the Basement” by the world-renowned author, Amos Oz, the movie takes place in Palestine in 1947 Read More »
The Policeman AKA Ha-Shoter Azulai (1971) Ephraim Kishon, Shaike Ophir, Zaharira Harifai, Avner Hizkiyahu
Azulai is a policeman in Jaffa, whose incompetence is only matched by his soft-heartedness. Read More »
As Tears Go By AKA Zolgot Hadma’ot Me’atzman (1996) Eitan Green, Avi Grainik, Yael Almog, Shir Ben Yunes
Yaakov Tcherniak and his son Yitzhak have a small company that organizes parties and events. Read More »
Giv’a 24 Eina Ona AKA Hill 24 Doesn’t Answer (1955) Thorold Dickinson, Edward Mulhare, Haya Harareet, Michael Shillo
This was the first movie produced in Israel. It deals with the outbreak of hostilities during the war for independence in 1947. Read More »
Atash AKA Thirst (2004) Tawfik Abu Wael, Hussein Yassin Mahajne, Amal Bweerat, Ruba Blal
A family of five, their two goats and donkey live in the middle of nowhere far from their village home. Read More »