Kalevet (2010)

A brother and sister who run away from home find sanctuary in a deserted nature reserve. When the sister falls into the trap of a psychopathic killer, the brother sets out on a race against... See full summary »

Directors:

Aharon Keshales, Navot Papushado

Writers:

Aharon Keshales, Navot Papushado

Stars:

Lior Ashkenazi, Ania Bukstein, Danny Geva

3 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Lior Ashkenazi	...	Danny
Ania Bukstein	...	Adi
Danny Geva	...	Yuval
Yael Grobglas	...	Shir
Henry David	...	Ofer
Ran Danker	...	Mikey
Liat Harlev	...	Tali (as Liat Har Lev)
Yaron Motola	...	The man in overalls
Menashe Noy	...	Menashe
Ofer Shechter	...	Pini
Efrat Boimold	...	Rona (as Efrat Baumwauld)
Efrat Rayten	...	(as Efrat Raiten)
Karin Ophir	...	(as Kareen Ophir)
Dror Keren
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sapir Itzhakov	...	Girl in the Car

Storyline

A brother and sister who run away from home find sanctuary in a deserted nature reserve. When the sister falls into the trap of a psychopathic killer, the brother sets out on a race against time to find help. In a twist of fate the rescue of the sister becomes inadvertently intertwined with the lives of a group of young tennis players, a ranger and his dog, as well as a team of policemen.

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Plot Keywords:

psychopathic killer | tennis player | nature reserve | dog | finger bang | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Horror

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Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook

Country:

Israel

Language:

Hebrew

Release Date:

12 December 2010 (Israel)

Also Known As:

Rabies

Filming Locations:

Tel Aviv, Israel

Box Office

Budget:

$500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

United Channel Movies

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

First ever Israel horror feature.

User Reviews

Slightly unusual Israeli horror movie

First of all it's worth pointing out that the title of this film doesn't really have any bearing on the content. When you hear that this is a film called Rabies set in the woods, you would be forgiven for thinking that it's going to be a Cabin Fever clone. But in truth Rabies is a much more ambitious film than that. It basically has a group of disparate people brought together one day in the woods where a psychopath traps and kills people. However, where the film differs from most of this type is that the maniac is probably the most irrelevant character in the whole film. Instead he is the catalyst for a series of events leading to all the other characters independently committing all manner of violent acts. There's barely a story here and none of the characters are very well-developed but the slightly chaotic narrative is certainly a bit unusual.

As far as I'm aware, this is the first horror film from Israel. Maybe even the first in the whole of the Middle East. So I suppose it's quite important in that respect. It's by no means a great film but it isn't especially derivative and it does have some good jump moments and occasionally effective humour. Worth seeing for horror buffs.