Love & Dance (2006)
"Sipur Hatzi-Russi" (original title)

Chen, a young kid, is battling a cultural conflict between his Russian born mother and Israeli father. She is cultured and used to the finer things in life, including theater and fine ... See full summary »

Director:

Eitan Anner

Writer:

Eitan Anner

Stars:

Jenya Dodina, Avi Kushnir, Oksana Korostyshevskaya

3 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Jenya Dodina	...	Yulia (as Evgenya Dodina)
Avi Kushnir	...	Rami
Oksana Korostyshevskaya	...	Lena
Kirill Safonov	...	Roman
Vladimir Volov	...	Chen
Valeria Voevodin	...	Natalie
Talya Raz	...	Sharon
David Kogen	...	Arthur
Liron Alzrkiy	...	Esti
Daniel Fridman	...	Shaaf
Aviel Cohen	...	Stas
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sofia Berezanskaya
Slava Bibergal
Abraham Celektar	...	Community Center Director
Sharon Chalfon

Storyline

Chen, a young kid, is battling a cultural conflict between his Russian born mother and Israeli father. She is cultured and used to the finer things in life, including theater and fine dining. He is gruff on the outside but sweet on the inside - a Sabra; and looking to make his young son a man rather than the wimp his mother is raising. One day, Chen stumbles upon a ballroom dance class for young people and sees Natalie, a stunning Russian young girl he falls in love with immediately. His interest in Natalie leads him to taking ballroom dancing and to ultimately bridging the cultural divide of his own family - through the Cha Cha and the Tango. The teachers are a pair of former Russian world champions who never quite fulfilled their potential, but find themselves battling their demons through the instructions of the kids.

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Plot Keywords:

dance | ballroom dancing | dance lesson | mother son relationship | father son relationship | 

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Taglines:

Crossing the bridge between cultures begins with a step.

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Genres:

Drama | Family | Music | Romance

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Details

Country:

Israel

Language:

Hebrew

Release Date:

5 October 2006 (Israel)

Also Known As:

Love & Dance

Box Office

Budget:

$500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bleiberg Entertainment, July August Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Excellent

Great film! The best film I seen this year. I saw it at Moscow International Film Festival. It's full of love, excitement, life's and cultural problems that we solve, and beautiful admirable dances. Can't watch it without tears of pleasure! When I was watching it, I didn't want it to finish, I wanted that the film lasts all my life :) What is special, the mix of the languages (Hebrew and Russian), that shows the mix of cultures ("Russian and Israeli is like two parallel lines, that never cross"). Great acting. I think it was difficult to film lots of kids in the film. There's not so much film's that I want to watch one or more time, that's one of them