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Kedma

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  • 1h 40m
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5.7/10
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Kedma (2002)
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In May 1948, shortly before the creation of the State of Israel, hundreds of immigrants from across Europe arrive in Palestine--only to risk arrest by British troops.In May 1948, shortly before the creation of the State of Israel, hundreds of immigrants from across Europe arrive in Palestine--only to risk arrest by British troops.In May 1948, shortly before the creation of the State of Israel, hundreds of immigrants from across Europe arrive in Palestine--only to risk arrest by British troops.
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  • Director
    • Amos Gitai
  • Writers
    • Amos Gitai
    • Marie-Jose Sanselme
    • Ghassan Kanafani(uncredited)
  • Stars
    • Andrei Kashker
    • Helena Yaralova
    • Moni Moshonov
  • Director
    • Amos Gitai
  • Writers
    • Amos Gitai
    • Marie-Jose Sanselme
    • Ghassan Kanafani(uncredited)
  • Stars
    • Andrei Kashker
    • Helena Yaralova
    • Moni Moshonov
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    • 12User reviews
    • 16Critic reviews
    • 36Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 5 nominations

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    Andrei Kashker
    • Yanush
    • (as Andrei Kashkar)
    Helena Yaralova
    • Rosa
    Moni Moshonov
    Moni Moshonov
    • Klibanov
    Juliano Mer-Khamis
    Juliano Mer-Khamis
    • Mussa
    • (as Juliano Merr)
    Yussuf Abu-Warda
    Yussuf Abu-Warda
    • Yussuf
    • (as Yussef Abu Varda)
    Menachem Lang
    • Menachem
    Sendi Bar
    Sendi Bar
    • Yardena
    • (as Sandy Bar)
    Tomer Russo
    Tomer Russo
    • Milek
    • (as Tomer Ruso)
    Veronica Nicole
    • Hanka
    Liron Levo
    Liron Levo
    • Gideon
    Roman Hazanowski
    • Roman
    Keren Ben Rafael
    Keren Ben Rafael
    • Aisha
    • (as Keren Ben Raphael)
    Gal Altschuler
    • Yigal
    Sasha Chernichovsky
    • Sasha
    • (as Alexander Tchernicovsky)
    Dalia Shachaf
    • Dalia
    Rawda Suleiman
    • Jaffra
    • (as Rawda Sulieman)
    Igor Mirkukhanof
    • Shimshon
    • (as Igor Mirkurbanov)
    Blair Portnoi
    • British officer
    • Director
      • Amos Gitai
    • Writers
      • Amos Gitai
      • Marie-Jose Sanselme
      • Ghassan Kanafani(uncredited)
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      Yanush: We don't have history, this is the fact. I don't know how to say this in Hebrew. But this is what it is. Our history is the way it is because of the Christians. We didn't want it be like this. We don't want it this way ever. They forced this on us,and we can't help it. Because of this, I am telling you, I'm against this. But I didn't say anything. She didn't exist because of me. You may find it hard to imagine that I am so intensely against this. I'm really disgusted. Think about it, what have we found? Repression, slander, persecution, and sacrifice. Imbuing with hatred, uninteresting. No glory, no advantage. No heroes, no conquerers. Merely a lot of unlucky traces, moan and weep. Always looking for pardon. I ban indoctrinating the Jews stories to our children. Why does it have to be this way? I say to them. From the day we were expelled from our homeland, we became a people without history. The class no longer exists. Some people find it heroic, because we've experienced the suffering. I have nothing to say to this heroism. When a man is despair to no end, anyone can become a hero, whether he wants to or not. Do you understand? I'll talk to you about this kind of heroism, at the gathering this evening. Look, I have quietly experienced all this! Who is to say it could be any better? Look, we endured the suffering but we'll never have enough of it. Because if it's not for this, we will not exist anymore. That is what I wanted to say to you, endure, endure, endure, Under this situation,sorrow is better than joy. We replace action with our suffering. We'd rather expiate with slavery. This is an illusion of reality, of our hope for the future, our beautiful belief, so on and so forth, how dreadful! It's misery that makes us Jews. It proves that we are valiant. Whoever We didn't do anything. This makes sense, in other words, You cannot destroy us, You will never destroy us. There's no power on earth can do that. The power is limited. But our endurance is not! This expounds everything about the exile, affliction, and the Messiah... The amalgamate of these three, causes Jews not to be able to stand up.causes Jews to continuously drip from one people to another people. causes us to be pursued by hatred by hatred... in exile and exile. How they like this. The richer they get, the more valuable Jerusalem becomes... In exile, our pyramid is built with affliction at the bottom, with our Messiah at the top. The code of Judaism resembles the book of the nether world ! Thousands of men, all of them.in the 2000 years became insane. How admirable, what abominable people! Abominably insane. This kind of insanity is intentional. It comes out of the belief of the Messiah. It's simply a made-up story. Without this made-up story. Everything will be different. In order to end this nightmare, they should end in Palestine or elsewhere. It will compel them to think about their future. You need not do the things you need to. The Messiah will come soon, and he will settle everything. Likewise, anything you should do is to be banned. Banned! We should go on in exile in perpetuity, until the Providence feel that he should rescue us? I... I think... Israel is no longer the country of Jews, not now, but at least in the future. Time will tell us. It's all over. Finished.

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    1/10
    This Movie Could Put An Insomniac To Sleep
    This movie is perhaps the slowest and most boring film I have ever seen. It is a pretentious attempt by Amos Gitai to remake Israel's national birth myth in his slow and artistic style. However, this time he fails miserably. From the opening scene that takes 10 minutes before anyone even opens their mouth the the closing speeches that are so melodramatic that they don't at all fit in with the otherwise painfully realistic piece, the movie is a disaster all the way through. In addition to its plodding style and one dimensional characters the movie is rife with factual errors. It mention fictional ghetto revolt, depicts the British army as a weak and unmotivated school marching band that speaks in American accents and seems to condense an entire year of war and struggle into one day. This movie is both a horrible depiction of Israeli history and a disastrous piece of entertainment and I would only recommend it to those who are in desperate need for a long sleep. Please do not see this embarrassment of a movie unless forced to by a man with a large gun.
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    • dino514
    • Aug 16, 2006

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    • Release date
      • May 22, 2002 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • France
      • Israel
      • Italy
    • Official site
      • Israel Film Fund (Israel)
    • Languages
      • Hebrew
      • Arabic
      • German
      • Polish
      • Russian
      • Yiddish
    • Also known as
      • Кедма
    • Filming locations
      • Hadera, Israel
    • Production companies
      • Agav Hafakot
      • Arte France Cinéma
      • Agav Films
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $10,067
    • Gross worldwide
      • $299,293
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 40 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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