Based on the novel by Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel, a member of the armed Jewish underground has been sentenced to death by the British authorities. In return, the resistance has kidnapped a British officer, trying to redeem their friend. The insurgents spend the night together, waiting for the outcome of the negotiation. If the British hang their friend at dawn, one of them will shoot the British officer held as a hostage.
Year: 2014
Language: Hebrew, English, and French; English subtitles
Director: Romed Wyder
Producers: Paradigma Films, Dschoint Ventschr (Zurich), Lama Films (Tel Aviv), Enigma Films (Munich), Delirious Productions (London), Radio Télévision Suisse / SSR SRG
A willful young woman suddenly decides to marry a member of Jerusalem’s insular orthodox community. Her divorced secular parents and grandfather connive a plot to thwart the upcoming nuptial, with unforeseen results.
Year: 2018
Language: Hebrew, English subtitles
Director: Avi Nesher
Screenwrite...
22-year-old Yair's greatest wish is to become an Israeli. He has become religious, changed his name to Yair and speaks only in Hebrew – even when he is addressed in Russian. He has completely cut himself off from his Russian past, including his father and his Russian friends. Now, Yair is about t...
Meseganio Tadela is an obstinate man. He immigrated to Israel from Ethiopia with his family 28 years ago and chose to zealously retain his Ethiopian culture. He belongs to a rapidly disappearing generation. Tadela sets out on a journey through his children's homes after losing his wife. Coming to...
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