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| Lior Ashkenazi | ... | Zaza (as Lior Louie Ashkenazi) | |
| Ronit Elkabetz | ... | Judith | |
| Moni Moshonov | ... | Yasha | |
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Lili Koshashvili | ... | Lili |
| Aya Steinovitz | ... | Ilana | |
| Rozina Cambos | ... | Magouly (as Rozina Cambus) | |
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Simon Chen | ... | Simon |
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Sapir Kugman | ... | Madona |
| Dina Doron | ... | Luba | |
| Leonid Kanevskiy | ... | Otary | |
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Libia Hakmon | ... | Margalita (as Libia Hakmon-Ayali) |
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Eli Turi | ... | Bessik |
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Maria Ovanov | ... | Lali |
| Orit Sher | ... | (as Orit Buchnik Sher) | |
| Rivka Gur | |||
Zaza is a 31-year old Israeli bachelor, handsome and intelligent, and his family wants to see him married. But tradition dictates that Zaza has to choose a young virgin. She must be beautiful and from a good family, preferably rich. Zaza's parents, Yasha and Lily drag Zaza to meet potential brides and their families. Zaza has no choice. He plays along with his family, advocates of the suffocating traditions of their Georgian Jewish heritage. But Zaza always manages to somehow get out of being engaged. What his parents don't know is that Zaza is already in love. Judith is sensuous, strong and intriguing. She's also a divorcée with a 6-year-old daughter. So Zaza has kept Judith a secret from his family. He will have to choose between respect of the strict confines of family and tradition, or the love of his life. Written by Anonymous
Absolutely superb film, concise and to the point.
One of the things that I liked the most is how the writer/director, takes an obviously ethnic film and presents it in a way where people around the world can empathize even if they know nothing about the jewish culture or customs.
The emotional themes presented in this film are mostly universal, when it comes to marriage, in my opinion a lot of factors come into play no matter what culture you come from, and this film portrays in some ways how silly it all is.
If you don't mind the subtitles, is a great film, has great characters and a very interesting story line, although is very graphic at times (Steamy love scenes) be forewarned if you don't like to see nudity, is not your conventional hollywood soft porn b movie.
Enjoy the film with friends, it's one of those that makes you ask all the right questions.