2007 | Color | 78 min Tel-Aviv, today. At her wedding reception, Keren breaks a leg. And bang goes the Caribbean honeymoon. A strange little girl comes out of the sea and follows Batya like a shadow and changes her life forever. Joy is a maid from the Philippines. She works for a tough old lady who inadvertently reconciles her with her daughter. This is a composite film, made out of the scraps of humanity that, like a message in a bottle, borders on the absurd. A portrait of a messy world in which everyone scrapes by as best they can, looking for love, for something to remember or to forget... Such is life in Tel-Aviv Country: Francia, Israel; Direction: Geffen; Shira, Keret; Etgar Script: Geffen; Shira Photography: Héberl; Antoine Sound: Dô Huu; Oliver, Toren; Gil Music: Bowen; Christopher Cast:Adler; Sara, Leidman; Nikol, Sandler; Gera, Knoller; Noa, De Latorre; Ma-nenita, Charifai; Zharira Participation year at FICM: 2007
2007 | Color | 78 min Tel-Aviv, today. At her wedding reception, Keren breaks a leg. And bang goes the Caribbean honeymoon. A strange little girl comes out of the sea and follows Batya like a shadow and changes her life forever. Joy is a maid from the Philippines. She works for a tough old lady who inadvertently reconciles her with her daughter. This is a composite film, made out of the scraps of humanity that, like a message in a bottle, borders on the absurd. A portrait of a messy world in which everyone scrapes by as best they can, looking for love, for something to remember or to forget... Such is life in Tel-Aviv Country: Francia, Israel; Direction: Geffen; Shira, Keret; Etgar Script: Geffen; Shira Photography: Héberl; Antoine Sound: Dô Huu; Oliver, Toren; Gil Music: Bowen; Christopher Cast:Adler; Sara, Leidman; Nikol, Sandler; Gera, Knoller; Noa, De Latorre; Ma-nenita, Charifai; Zharira Participation year at FICM: 2007
Self Made Self Made tells the story of two women—one Israeli, the other Palestinian—who are trapped within their respective worlds. After a mix-up at a checkpoint, each finds herself living the other's life on the opposite side of the border. See More
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Alfonso Cuarón Presents a Film that Shaped Him at the 22nd FICM: JONÁS WHO WILL BE 25 IN THE YEAR 2000 10 · 25 · 24
The Vindication of a Great Artist: Interview with Eva Aridjis Fuentes, Director of ADIÓS CABALLOS: THE MANY LIVES OF Q LAZZARUS (2024) 10 · 25 · 24
