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Director: Etgar Keret, Shira Geffen
Movie review
From Time Out London
To their great credit, husband-wife duo Keret and Geffen’s quirky tangle of Tel-Aviv tales avoids the affectations that might have sunk it. Just parted from her boyfriend and neglected by her self-absorbed parents, twentysomething Batya finds a strange, silent five-year-old girl on the beach; honeymooning in a local hotel having broken her leg, Keren and husband Michael meet an enigmatic female guest; while Filipina caregiver Joy, missing her small son back home, struggles to communicate with her grouchy German charge. With the sea a recurring image, these intertwining, tragic-comic stories of characters adrift are buoyed by moments of magical realism, all the more effective for washing up matter-of-factly in the pleasantly whimsical tide. Only occasionally drifting into cliché, this is keenly constructed, visually astute work, which scooped the Caméra d’Or at Cannes.Author: Nick Funnell
Time Out London
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- Jaana said...
- Posted on Feb 10 2008 08:53 After seeing it three times, I can really recommend it to anybody who´s been neglected. You´ll be touched.
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- lee said...
- Posted on Jan 08 2008 10:52 amazing film, nostalgic, i am still thinking about it a year after watching.
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Cast & crew
Director: Etgar Keret, Shira Geffen
Cast: Sarah Adler, Nikol Leidman, Gera Sandler, Noa Knoller
Duration: 78 mins
US Release: Jun 28 2007
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