Hagiga B'Snuker (1975)

The story is about two twin brothers, Azriel and Gavriel (both played by Yehuda Barkan). Azriel is a shy and religious Jew who works in a fruit shop in Jaffa. Gavriel, is a hoodlum and a ... See full summary »

Director:

Boaz Davidson

Writers:

Eli Tavor (screenplay), Uri Dan (story)

Stars:

Yehuda Barkan, Joseph Shiloach, Ze'ev Revach

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Yehuda Barkan	...	Gavriel 'Gavri' Levi / Azriel Levi
Joseph Shiloach	...	Salvador (as Yosef Shiloach)
Ze'ev Revach	...	Hannukah / 'Haham' Hannukah
Arieh Elias	...	Halfon
Nitza Shaul	...	Yona
Tuvia Tzafir	...	Mushon
Ya'ackov Banai	...	Rabbi
Mosko Alkalai	...	Azriel's Employer
Abraham Ronai	...	The Kablan
Talia Shapira	...	Riki
Tikva Aziz	...	Carmela
Dalia Penn	...	Mushon's Aunt
Nahum Shalit
Orna Orshan
Rose Meshihi

Storyline

The story is about two twin brothers, Azriel and Gavriel (both played by Yehuda Barkan). Azriel is a shy and religious Jew who works in a fruit shop in Jaffa. Gavriel, is a hoodlum and a good-for-nothing hustler who runs a Snooker Bar. Gavriel and his friend Hanuka make easy money by swindling innocent people into gambling on Snooker games. One day Gavriel is forced to renew contact with his brother, because he is in trouble with a gangster who won the bet on a snooker game, and the only way to pay is by selling the family estate which is co-owned by Gavriel and his brother Azriel.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

Israel

Language:

Hebrew

Release Date:

1975 (Israel)

Also Known As:

Festival at the Poolroom

Filming Locations:

Tel Aviv, Israel

Company Credits

Production Co:

Filmonde Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Quotes

Rabbi: [to Azriel, approvingly] If there is no flour, there is no Torah.
[Famous Jewish phrase, meaning that person cannot live only by studying Torah, but must provide himself the material needs]
Hannukah: What flour, rabbi? He's not working in a bakery! He deals with guavas, apricots, vegetables, fruits...

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Connections

Referenced in Buba Shel Medina: Episode #2.9 (2013)

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Soundtracks

MiPi El
Lyrics: From the Prayer
Music: Folk

User Reviews

Considered by many to be the funniest Israeli movie ever

Considered by many to be the funniest Israeli movie ever made, Hagiga B'Snuker stars Israel's top comedians such as Ze'ev Revach, Yehuda Barkan and Yosef Shiloah. The story is about two twin brothers, Azriel and Gavriel (both played by Yehuda Barkan), who are in no contact with each other, since they live totally different lives. Azriel is a very religious, naive and good-hearted Jew who works in a fruit shop in Jaffa and leads a very religious life. Gavriel, on the other hand, is a hoodlum and a good-for-nothing hustler who together with his friend Hanuka (Ze'ev Revach) runs a Snooker Bar. Gavriel and Hanuka make easy money by swindling innocent people into gambling on Snooker games. One day Gavriel is forced to renew contact with his brother, because he is in trouble with the mafia, and the only way to pay them off is by selling the family estate which is co-owned by Gavriel and his brother Azriel. Accompanied by a beautiful soundtrack by Matti Caspi, this movie provides a very humoristic view of the clash of cultures in Israel between religious and secular Jews. The dialogs and scenes in this movie are so funny, that you may actually pee in your pants the first time you see it. This movie is considered a cult movie in Israel, to the extent that, living in Israel, once in a while, you may bump into a person so deeply effected by this movie, that every other sentence that comes out of his mouth is a quote from Hagiga B'Snuker.