Released Date:
2003-10-01
Languages:
Hebrew, English
Countries:
Israel, France
Runtime:
123 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.1 (456 Reviews)
Director:
Amos GitaiAmos Gitai
Yehoshua Kenaz (novel)
Marie-Jose Sanselme (screenplay)
In Tel Aviv, the gloomy Ezra hires foreign workers without permits to build an addition to a homely block of flats where his ex-wife Mali lives with her current lover Ilan. Ezra and Mali's young son Eyal hates the army and is AWOL, living among prostitutes and drug dealers. Gabi, a beautiful young woman who's a friend of Mali's, is carrying on an affair with Hezi, an older man insisting on secrecy. Hezi rents an apartment at the building for their trysts. Neighbors complain about the noise of their lovemaking and of the construction. Lives revolve slowly one around another. "Everyone's out for himself," says Ezra of Israeli society. Suicide bombings and elections provide a backdrop.
Released Date:
2006-04-07
Languages:
English, Hebrew, Arabic, Spanish
Countries:
Israel, Belgium, France, Spain
Runtime:
90 min
IMDB Ratings:
5.9 (2475 Reviews)
Director:
Amos GitaiThe confused American Rebecca has left USA to live in Jordan. After breaking her engagement with her Israeli boyfriend, she asks the Israeli taxi driver Hanna to take her anywhere but the place where she is. Hanna tells her that she needs to go Jordan's Free Zone, a place surrounded by Syria, Iraq and South Arabia, to receive US$ 30,000.00 that the Palestinian partner of her husband called "The American" owes to him. When they arrive in the location, they do not find the "The American" but a Palestinian woman called Leila. Hanna forces Leila to take her to meet "The American" in his Oasis, but when they arrive there, she is informed that his son has burnt the place, stolen the money and crossed the border.
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