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Eitan Gorlin (writer)
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A coming-of-age saga set against the tense backdrop of Arab-Israeli politics. Mendy is a young Rabbinical... more | add synopsis
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2 wins & 1 nomination more
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Simply great and important film more (19 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Oren Rehany | ... | Mendy |
 | Tchelet Semel | ... | Natasha "Sasha" Sonsova |
 | Saul Stein | ... | Mike |
 | Albert Iluz | ... | Razi |
| Aryeh Moskona | ... | The Exterminator (as Ariel Moskuna) |
| Alon Dahan | ... | Reb Nocham (Mendy's Rabbi) |
| Mosko Alkalai | ... | Professor Milan (as Moscu Alcalay) |
| Liat Bein | ... | Mendy's Mother |
| Yehoyachin Friedlander | ... | Mendy's Father |
| Lanny Shahaf | ... | Exterminator's Wife |
| Lupo Berkowitch | ... | Daryl (as Lupo Berkowitz) |
| Arie Hassfari | ... | Jamal (schoolboy) |
| Harel Noff | ... | Hobo Priest |
| Icho Avital | ... | Bar Patron |
| Louise Asher | ... | Screaming Lady |
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Rated R for sexual content, language and some drug use.
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USA:102 min
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Featured in The 2003 IFP Independent Spirit Awards (2003) (TV) more
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No point retelling the plot. The plot is not that important. This film shows true life. Warts and all. The director is not trying to take sides (Arab or Jew), he is not trying to lecture anybody. He just shows a snapshot of life in Israel. He is showing interaction between different people of different backgrounds. The actors are not very known, but all play very well. Acting is superb and the action is completely unpredictable. It is not a "Hollywood" movie so do not expect a typical formula with a happy end. This is a must see important film.
PS: Somebody complained in here about kids used as suicide bombers. In fact this does happen. I remember in the press about a year ago they caught a 13 year old boy all rigged up with bombs at a border crossing. There were hundreds of suicide bombings and attempted bombings. Whether this ruins somebody comfortable theory of this conflict or not, this is the fact of life.