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2004 | Color | 131 min

Ruthie and Or, mother and daughter, live in a small Tel Aviv flat. Ruthie has been a prostitute for the last twenty years, and Or has tried many times without success to get her off the streets. The daily routine of the 17-year-old Or is an endless succession of petty jobs: washing dishes in a restaurant, cleaning staircases, and collecting deposit bottles while attending high school whenever she can. Ruthie?s health is worsening. After her mother?s umpteenth visit to the hospital, Or decides that this time, things must change for good


Country: Francia, Israel;
Direction: Yedaya; Keren
Script: Ezou; Sari, Yedaya; Keren
Production: Rozenbau; Marek
Photography: Brune; Laurent
Sound: Chen; Tully
Cast:Elkabetz; Ronit, Ivgy; Dana
Participation year at FICM: 2004

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