Buah, Ha- (2006)

Director:

Eytan Fox

Writers:

Eytan Fox (writer)
Gal Uchovsky (writer)

Release Date:

7 September 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Plot:

The movie follows a group of young friends in the city of Tel Aviv and is as much a love song to the...

Plot Keywords:

Idf | Gay Lead Character | Sex | Gay Sex | Suicide Bomber

Awards:

7 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Ohad Knoller	...	Noam
Yousef 'Joe' Sweid	...	Ashraf
Daniela Virtzer	...	Lulu (as Daniella Wircer)
Alon Friedman	...	Yelli (as Alon Freidmann)
Zohar Liba	...	Golan
Tzion Baruch	...	Shaul (as Zion Baruch)
Oded Leopold	...	Sharon
Roba Blal	...	Rana, Ashraf's Sister (as Ruba Blal)
Shredi Jabarin	...	Jihad (as Shredy Jabarin)
Yael Zafrir	...	Orna
Noa Barkai	...	Ella
Yotam Ishay	...	Chiki
Eliana Bakier	...	Dalfi (as Eliana Bekiyer)
Avital Barak	...	Dana
Lior Ashkenazi	...	Himself - Actor in "Bent"
Yossi Marshek	...	Himself - Actor in "Bent" (as Yossi Marshak)
Hussein Yassin Mahajne	...	Ashraf's Father (as Housin Yassin)
Eva Huri	...	Ashraf's Mother (as Eva Khoury)
Merav Shefer	...	Noam's Mother (as Meirav Shefer)
Ben Kitsony	...	Young Noam
Abed Darwhish	...	Young Ashraf
Zineb Darwhish	...	Young Rana
Anat Hadid	...	Youn Ashraf's Mother
Ychie Darwish	...	Young Ashraf's Father
Nehaia Gmal	...	Ashraf's Neighbour
Alon Hamawi	...	Officer at Checkpoint
Nadav Netz	...	Soldier at Checkpoint (as Nadav Nates)
Dorin Munir	...	Pregnant Woman (as Dorin Munier)
Danny Segev	...	Doctor at Checkpoint (as Dani Segev)
Amir Shebi	...	Journalist (as Amir Sevi)
Mira Awad	...	Samira
Amos Fridlein	...	1st Café Interviewee (as Amos Fraidlin)
Gur Pipkovitch	...	2nd Café Interviewee (as Gur Piepskovits)
Anna Michal Landsman	...	3rd Café Interviewee (as Anna Michael Landsman)
Ayelet Margalit	...	Mrs. Tip
Micky Avital	...	'Third Ear' Salesman (as Miki Avital)
Dikla Sesh	...	Britney Customer #1 (as Dikla Sachs)
Gal Aylon	...	Britney Customer #2 (as Gal Eylon)
Irit Passy	...	Pop Idol Customer
Keren Menahem	...	Soap Store Clerk (as Keren Menachem)
Nira Rabinovitch	...	Friendly Customer (as Nira Rabinowich)
Orly Tobaly	...	Soap Store 1st Customer
Shira Rosenfeld	...	Soap Store 2nd Customer
Lilach Shalom	...	Clerk at 'Time Out'
Omer Solomon	...	Soldier in Jeep #1
Oren Berger	...	Soldier in Jeep #2
Nader 'Steve' Natur	...	Jihad's Friend #1
Tawfik Taia	...	Jihad's Friend #2
Ronit Shamir	...	Yelli's Mother (as Chanit Shamir)
Moshe Rozen	...	Yelli's Father (as Moshe Rosen)
Lior Maoz	...	Yelli's Sister
Stav Miron	...	Yelli's Brother (as Stav Meron)
Yaron Milgrom	...	Juggler
Dana Modan	...	Herself
Guy Pines	...	Himself
Ivri Lider	...	Himself
Miki Buganim	...	Himself (as Miki Bouganim)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Miki Kam	...	Lulu's Mother (uncredited)

Directed by
Eytan Fox

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Eytan Fox		writer
Gal Uchovsky		writer

Produced by
Ronen Ben Tal	....	producer (as Ronen Ben-Tal)
Leon Edri	....	executive producer
Moshe Edri	....	executive producer
Amir Feingold	....	producer
Micki Rabinovich	....	executive producer
Hilel Rozman	....	line producer
Gal Uchovsky	....	producer
Dudi Zilber	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Ivri Lider

Cinematography by
Yaron Scharf

Film Editing by
Yosef Grunfeld
Yaniv Raiz		(as Yaniv Rize)

Casting by
Yael Aviv

Production Design by
Nahumi Loz

Art Direction by
Ido Dolev

Set Decoration by
Or Ozrad

Costume Design by
Oren Dar

Makeup Department
Galia Azulai	....	makeup department head
Nili Lavi	....	makeup designer

Production Management
Sigal Barak	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Mira Shoval	....	second assistant director
Irit Yavnin	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Dror Elhadad	....	props
Orr Uzrad	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Itai Elohev	....	sound recordist
Gil Toren	....	sound

Camera and Electrical Department
Meir Arad	....	assistant camera
Karin Bar	....	still photographer
Eli Cohen	....	grip
Roi Mano	....	grip
Avi Satat	....	light master
Yuval Shachar	....	assistant camera
Alon Shapira	....	gaffer

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Dror Elhadad	....	props costumer

Other crew
Sharona Berger	....	script supervisor
Ilia Liberman	....	location
Richard Lormand	....	publicist: international

Production Companies

• Feingold Productions
• Metro Productions
• Ronen Ben-Tal Films
• Uchovsky Fox

Distributors

• Ad Vitam Distribution (2007) (France) (theatrical)
• Hot (2006) (Israel) (TV)
• Keshet Broadcasting (2006) (Israel) (TV)
• PRO-FUN media Filmverleih (2007) (Germany) (all media)
• Strand Releasing (2007) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• TLA Releasing (2008) (UK) (all media)
• United King Films (2006) (Israel) (all media)

Also Known As:

The Bubble (International: English title) (USA) (new title)

Runtime:

Canada:117 min (Toronto International Film Festival) | USA:117 min | Germany:114 min | Israel:90 min

Country:

Israel

Language:

Hebrew | Arabic | English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

USA:Unrated | France:U

Filming Locations:

Tel Aviv, Israel

Company:

Feingold Productions

Movie Connections:

References Batman Returns (1992)

Soundtrack:

Birthday Cake

We all live in a bubble

This is the second Eytan Fox film I have seen. The fantastic actor, Lior Ashkenazi, who starred in Walk on Water, has a minor role in this film also.

But the real stars are the young Israelis who live together in a tiny apartment - Noam (Ohad Knoller), Lulu (Daniela Virtzer), and Yelli (Alon Friedman); and the Palestinian that joins them off and on - Ashraf (Yousef 'Joe' Sweid). There is sort of a Friends/Sex in the City thing going on (mostly gay), and they all just want the war to end so they can go on with their lives in peace.

But, that's the rub. No matter how many posters you put up or how many raves for peace you have, the war is not going to end. Many have tried over the years to bring the two sides to the table, but they just want to keep it going for whatever reason. There are many on the Israeli side, both there and here in the US, who just want it all and will not consider peace. There are many on the Palestinian side who apparently would be out of a job should peace ever come. It is in no one's interest to end this war, and the children suffer.

This is always on your mind as you watch this funny and engaging film. It won't go away. You know something tragic is going to happen and, of course, it does. With the feelings on both sides running strong, and revenge as the motivator, tragedy always happens, and that is what makes this an adult version of Friends/Sex in the City. There is no superficiality. It is real life, and it was a beautiful thing to see.