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6.6/10   205 votes
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Director:
Eitan Gorlin
Writer:
Eitan Gorlin (writer)
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Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
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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Awards:
2 wins & 1 nomination more
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Cast

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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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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for sexual content, language and some drug use.
Runtime:
USA:102 min
Country:
Israel
Color:
Color
Certification:
USA:Unrated | USA:R
Filming Locations:
Jerusalem, Israel

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2 out of 13 people found the following comment useful.
Awful, 3 August 2003
2/10
Author: Casablanca3784 from 15th Row Orchestra

Went to see this film with three other couples and not one of us eight thought it was worth anything. It sure does show the seedy side of Israel, the nude pole dancer and hooker Sasha plying her trade were quite unusual pitted against the pais swinging Talmudic students and scholarly Rabbis and all against the backdrop of the never ending civil strife with the Palestinians however it was so darn draggy and monotonous,the whole thing became unbearable.

And the ending proved that no matter how congenial to one another Jews and Arabs are,it's superficial and meaningless. I would say the film was certainly pro-Palestinian made by Jews over there who resent their own "occupation" of a land foretold as theirs. A land over which they died in wars foisted upon them by the Arabs who resented any "flowers" growing amid their desolate sand dunes. And the beat goes on until there is once again a major war which is inevitable.

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