The Human Resources Manager of the largest industrial bakery in Israel undertakes an unusual mission, gaining new insight on life. And death… Based on the best-seller by A. B. Yehoshua, one of Israel’s most successful contemporary writers, the film is directed by Eran Riklis, one of the most prominent israeli directors, who directed the acclaimed… Continue reading »

Ilan Ben Natan, a 58-year-old Astrophysics Professor, is obsessively in love with his young wife, Naomi. When Ilan discovers that his deepest fears have come true – Naomi has a lover – he is unable to control himself. He confronts the lover and commits a horrible act, the consequences of which will weigh heavily on… Continue reading »

Amos is a mental-health worker, widower, and father to Yurik, a mentally disabled teenager. One day, while visiting one of his patients, Amos stumbles uponBena, an illegal Thai worker. Instead of turning her in, he brings her home to care for Yurik, where Bena finds herself trapped between father and son.
It’s a film about illegal… Continue reading »

Paula, a 79 years old holocaust survivor, is pushed by her only son to move into an old people’s home. She doesn’t want to give up her home and independence and finds a young Polish woman named Valentina to stay with her and help her around. But Valentina brings back memories from Paula’s youth in… Continue reading »

Glory and Sacha, two “loners” (soldiers who have no family in Israel) of Russian origin are expeditely convicted for stealing arms and selling them to terrorists. The two boys are considered as traitors and are maltreated by both their cellmates and the jailers. Glory, the tougher of the two, tries to protect his buddy Sacha… Continue reading »

The elderly widow Ms Moskowitch lives her regulated and content life alone in her small Tel-Aviv apartment. Till she falls down one day and breaks her hip bone. In the hospital, her fragile autonomy lost, she’s forced to share the life of the other elderly patients. Initially revolted, she slowly finds comfort and friendship among her fellow… Continue reading »

It is 1991 in the midst of the first Gulf War and Israel is under daily missile attacks. But in the Ohayon family, tragedy has hit in more mundane circumstances as beloved Maurice, one of nine brothers and sisters, has suddenly died. The family gathers for the traditional seven days of mourning (shiva) in which… Continue reading »

One morning Galia and her boyfriend board a local Jerusalem bus. It is packed with passengers, among them a suicide bomber. The bus explodes, leaving Galia with severe burns and memory loss. She has no memory of the day of the terrorist attack and the days leading up to it. A necklace sent to her… Continue reading »

At thirty-seven, Miri is a twice-widowed, El Al flight attendant. Her well-regulated existence is suddenly turned upside down by an abandoned Chinese boy whose migrant-worker mother has been summarily deported from Israel. The film is a touching comic-drama in which two human beings — as different from each other as Tel Aviv is from Beijing… Continue reading »

An intimate and deeply disturbing story of the conflict between a father’s love and his deep devotion to religion. A respected Orthodox Rabbi dotes on his only son but his religious strictures leave an emotional gap between the impish child and the stern father. A dramatic retelling of the story or Abraham & Isaac with… Continue reading »