Sergio Konstanza, a swindler, owes money to Mr. Hasson. He escapes to the desert where he joins a wacky army reserve unit whose Sergeant is engaged to one of Mr. Hasson’s Daughters. Read More »
Tag Archives: Israel
The Faithful City (1952)
The Israeli-made Faithful City stars Jamie Smith as an American in Tel Aviv just after World War II. Smith makes the acquaintance of a group of orphans, Jewish refugees of the concentration camps. Read More »
Dreams (1969) Ya’akov Vardi
Comprising four independent vignettes, the film presents four separate narrative episodes depicting characters navigating relationships, encounters, and romantic pursuits. Read More »
Kazablan (1973) Menahem Golan
An embittered gang leader seeks the respect of his neighbors and the love of a young woman. Read More »
Love Birds (2017) Dover Koshashvili
Tamara and Alon celebrate their 10th wedding anniversary in a hotel suite, but secrets and lies reveal their sexual fantasies, making the experience painful for both. Read More »
Tsili (2014) – Amos Gitai, Sarah Adler
World War II. Tsili, a young Jewish woman, is hiding in the forest south of Czernowicz. Her entire family was deported to the camps. Read More »
Atalia (1984) Tzvika Kertzner, Akiva Tevet
Atalia is a 40-year-old widow who lost her husband in the Six-Day War and lives on a kibbutz with her adolescent daughter. Read More »
As If You Were Never Here (2025) Nandauri
In the dead of night, a strange woman arrives in a forgotten village in northern Georgia. Read More »
Milk (2023) Maya Kenig, Hila Ruach, Hadas Yaron, Orli Roth Feldheim
Tala, a desperate single mother of an unplanned baby, goes to work in a human dairy Read More »
Out of the Blue (2008) Yigal Bursztyn, Alon Aboutboul, Moshe Ivgy, Dorit Bar-Or
This is a little like an extended but half-serious variation on the “Uptown Girl” song video where the working-class guy meets the beautiful model from the billboard. Read More »