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Foul Gesture (2006) -- A story about a week in the life of Michael Klienhouse (Gal Zaid), an out-of-work writer, who gets into traffic accident with a shady, gangster Dreyfus (Asher Tsarfati), who seems to have even the police in his pay.

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6.9/10   55 votes
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Director:
Tzahi Grad
Writers:
Ya'ackov Ayali (writer)
Gal Zaid (writer)
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Release Date:
17 May 2007 (Israel) more
Genre:
Comedy | Crime | Drama
Awards:
3 wins & 5 nominations more
User Comments:
David vs Goliath fable more

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Ya'ackov Ayali ... Chasmonai
Ania Bukstein ... Arkadia
Tal Grushka ... David Klienhouse
Rivka Michaeli ... Mina Klienhouse
Keren Mor ... Tamar Klienhouse
Asher Tzarfati ... Dreyfus
Gal Zaid ... Michael Klienhouse
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Tnu'a Meguna (Israel: Hebrew title)
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Runtime:
USA:100 min
Country:
Israel
Language:
Hebrew
Color:
Color

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David vs Goliath fable, 16 November 2007
8/10
Author: agacyb from Israel

The virtual invincibility of powerful evil forces in modern society is portrayed frequently in films, and here it's explored with Israeli flavor, to satisfying effect.

A depressed former hi-tech dropout and his surgeon wife have a violent encounter with road rage, and after trying to take the matter to the police discover the good citizen's route is not going to get them very far. They could cut their losses and get on with their lives, except that the emptiness and anger they've been feeling lately doesn't leave them much life to get back to anyway.

It's "Network" ('I'M AS MAD AS HELL, AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE!') meets "Eastern Promises" and "Rambo" on the streets of Tel Aviv.

There are points at which my suspension of disbelief was somewhat strained, but I accepted these minor weaknesses in the spirit of the fable of someone refusing to be further beaten down by the corrupt systems of all our lives.

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