I found this movie indirectly through trying to find movies with Guillaume Gouix on Netflix. Gouix is both a director and actor; he plays Mathias a friend of the protagonist in this film.
The story: The protagonist Alex is a drifting 27 year old part time drug dealer from a dysfunctional family. Suddenly he decides he wants to get his life on track by immigrating to Israel and partnering in a cousin's soon to be restaurant business. In the process he rediscovers his Jewish roots.
I don't know about you but I have exceeded my life's maximum quota of Jewish identity/victim movies many times over. All they do now is make me want to turn them off no matter how well made and how compelling the story.
Thus I frankly was not quite as enamored with this movie as other 2 reviewers were.... I found the Jewish identity/Zionist stuff too thick. Of course that is the whole plot of the screen play---however this movie has some fun camera angles and good on location acting and directing... (I still want to know what Alex's brother needs so much money for--he always looks like a drunk fresh off a bender?)
Guillaume Gouix is a director and actor be sure to see Nobody Else But You. It's unique. His movies are always a cut or two above what you expect. He manages to put an element of surprise and uncertainty in them.
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The story: The protagonist Alex is a drifting 27 year old part time drug dealer from a dysfunctional family. Suddenly he decides he wants to get his life on track by immigrating to Israel and partnering in a cousin's soon to be restaurant business. In the process he rediscovers his Jewish roots.
I don't know about you but I have exceeded my life's maximum quota of Jewish identity/victim movies many times over. All they do now is make me want to turn them off no matter how well made and how compelling the story.
Thus I frankly was not quite as enamored with this movie as other 2 reviewers were.... I found the Jewish identity/Zionist stuff too thick. Of course that is the whole plot of the screen play---however this movie has some fun camera angles and good on location acting and directing... (I still want to know what Alex's brother needs so much money for--he always looks like a drunk fresh off a bender?)
Guillaume Gouix is a director and actor be sure to see Nobody Else But You. It's unique. His movies are always a cut or two above what you expect. He manages to put an element of surprise and uncertainty in them.
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