Gift from Above (2003)
"Matana MiShamayim" (original title)

Director:

Dover Koshashvili

Writers:

Dover Koshashvili, Dubi Rubinstein (script editor)

Stars:

Yuval Segal, Rami Heuberger, Moni Moshonov

11 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Yuval Segal	...	Vaja
Rami Heuberger	...	Bakho
Moni Moshonov	...	Giorgi
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lior Ashkenazi	...	Ottari
Ania Bukstein	...	Marina - Fira's daughter
Orit Cher	...	Tziala
Ronit Eitan	...	Vera
Ian Fisher
Becky Griffin	...	Keto
Anali Harpaz	...	Nanuli
Dover Koshashvili	...	Jemali
Anastasia Kovelenko	...	Fira, the heart surgeon
Mickey Leon
Irit Nathan Benedek	...	Lamara
Alon Neuman	...	Razo

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

female nudity | heist | sex | male frontal nudity | threesome | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Israel France

Language:

Hebrew Georgian

Release Date:

18 December 2003 (Israel)

Also Known As:

Cadeau du ciel

Filming Locations:

Israel

Box Office

Budget:

$2,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

108 min 108 min (DVD)

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Extreme, funny and quite bizarre for western values. Kosashvili is the local Kusturica.

A colorful extreme display of the Israeli director. Matana MiShamayim (gift from heaven) is quite different from Kosashvili's "Late Marriage". The primitive traditional family values (Georgian in this case) are brought here some steps beyond to present a comic macabre reality. Women, for example, are portrayed in the film as objects to be used in the patriarchal chauvinistic society they live in. They are kidnapped, threatened, locked in a closet and often molested in order to channel shame on their husbands (countless knickers are pulled down revealing genitalia in public). On the other hand, they are always the center of attention, encompassing every aspect of desire men have, thus they can control and manipulated men, but only to a certain extent - the head of the family (played by the amazing actor Mony Moshonov). Actors are doing a great job under Kosashvili's direction, and one can find similarities between him and Kusturica. The weakest part of the film is in the script, which fluctuates from brilliance to embarrassment. The bottom line, I warmly recommend.