Hagit, a young woman with mild mental deficiency, works in a toilet-paper factory. Read More »
Tag Archives: Hebrew
Lemon Popsicle VI AKA Harimu Ogen (1985) Dan Wolman, Yftach Katzur, Zachi Noy, Ronen Shilon
It’s hi-jinks on the high seas when Benji, Bobby and Huey set sail on the cruise of a lifetime. Read More »
Wadi Grand Canyon 2001 (2001) Amos Gitai
Twenty years after his first Wadi, Amos Gitai returns for the third time to Wadi Rushmia. Read More »
The Debt (2007) Assaf Bernstein, Gila Almagor, Yuriy Chepurnov, Oleg Drach
The year is 1965. Rachel Brener is one of 3 young Mossad agents teem who caught Read More »
Wadi 1981-1991 (1992) Amos Gitai
Gitai visits a valley outside Haifa in 1981 to document Arab and Jewish squatters on the margins Read More »
A House in Jerusalem AKA Bait be Yerushalayim (1998) Amos Gitai
Can a house be a metaphor for Arab-Jewish relations in Israel? Amos Gitai returns to the house Read More »
Lemon Popsicle V AKA Roman Za’ir (1983) Dan Wolman, Yftach Katzur, Zachi Noy, Jonathan Sagall
Benny falls in love with his best friend’s little sister. Read More »
The Arena of Murder AKA Zirat Ha’Rezach (1996) Amos Gitai, Samuel Calderon, David Cohen, Aviv Geffen
This documentary by Amos Gitai is a personal look at the aftermath of the Rabin assassination. Read More »
Close to Home AKA Karov La Bayit (2005) Vardit Bilu, Smadar Sayar, Naama Schendar, Danny Geva
Smadar and Mirit, both 18 years old, are assigned to patrol the streets of Jerusalem together, as part of their military service. Read More »
The House AKA Bayit (1980) Amos Gitai
At a stone quarry above Hebron, Arab stonecutters work without explosives to cut away Read More »
Field Diary AKA Yoman Sadeh (1982) Amos Gitai
In 1982, Amos Gitai and a film crew travel around the occupied territories of the Gaza Strip Read More »
Esther (1986) Amos Gitai, Simone Benyamini, Mohammad Bakri, Juliano Mer-Khamis
Ahasverus, king of Persia and Media, puts aside Vashti and makes Esther his queen Read More »
Things AKA Zihron Devarim (1995) Amos Gitai, Gabi Beniashvilly, Samuel Calderon, Helena Cherkasov
Can you find peace in this lifetime, asks one character in a wake Read More »
Promised Land AKA Ha-Aretz Hamuvtachat (2004) Amos Gitai, Rosamund Pike, Diana Bespechni, Hanna Schygulla
“Promised Land” tells the story of a group of young unwitting Estonian girls Read More »
Yossi AKA Ha-Sippur Shel Yossi (2012) Eytan Fox, Ohad Knoller, Shlomo Sadan, Oz Zehavi
This sequel to Yossi and Jagger finds Dr. Yossi Gutmann reminiscing about his love Read More »