Life Is Life (2003)
"Haïm Ze Haïm" (original title)

Macky is a fifty years old writer and university profesor. Married with children, he's having an affair with a 30 years-old mother Ayala. He spends his days and nights haunted by his ... See full summary »

Director:

Michal Bat-Adam

Writer:

Michal Bat-Adam

Stars:

Yaël Abecassis, Rivka Gur, Moshe Ivgy

4 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Yaël Abecassis
Rivka Gur
Moshe Ivgy
Mickey Leon
Rivka Michaeli
Moshé Mizrahi
Hanny Nahmias
Rita Shukrun

Storyline

Macky is a fifty years old writer and university profesor. Married with children, he's having an affair with a 30 years-old mother Ayala. He spends his days and nights haunted by his fantasies while he has to face the real life and tries to write a novel. When Ayala's husband leaves her, she ends their relation leaving him without his source of inspiration.

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Israel

Language:

Hebrew

Release Date:

16 October 2003 (Israel)

Also Known As:

Life Is Life

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Color:

Color

User Reviews

shockingly awful

I saw this movie at the Chicago International Film Festival in 2004 and was stunned by its terrible script, acting, story, and direction. I'm really not sure how this film could have ever received a 7/10 overall rating, probably the director and actors all voted themselves 10s. If I had been able to, I most likely would've ranked this movie a zero or maybe even in the negative numbers. It's a shame that Israel's film industry produces such disasters as this movie, but the good news is that there is at least one Israeli movie which is truly worthy of a 10/10 score, which is Dover Koshashvili's "Late Marriage." Anyone interested in Israeli cinema should definitely check that movie out. But...if any of your friends ever wants to watch "Life is Life"...run away as fast as you can, I promise you'll thank me!