Or (My Treasure) (2004)

Or shoulders a lot: she's 17 or 18, a student, works evenings at a restaurant, recycles cans and bottles for cash, and tries to keep her mother Ruthie from returning to streetwalking in Tel... See full summary »

Director:

Keren Yedaya

Writers:

Sari Ezouz-Berger (as Sari Ezouz), Keren Yedaya

Stars:

Dana Ivgy, Ronit Elkabetz, Meshar Cohen

11 wins & 8 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Dana Ivgy	...	Or
Ronit Elkabetz	...	Ruthie
Meshar Cohen	...	Ido
Katia Zinbris	...	Rachel (as Katia Zimbris)
Shmuel Edelman	...	Shmuel
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lital Doron	...	High School Student
Shaul Ezer	...	Haim
Tzhai Hanan	...	Avi
Yuval Segal	...	Party Host
Shelly Skandrani	...	Prostitute
Sigalit Tamir	...	School Careers Adviser (as Siyalit Tamir)
Sarit Vino-Elad	...	Iris

Storyline

Or shoulders a lot: she's 17 or 18, a student, works evenings at a restaurant, recycles cans and bottles for cash, and tries to keep her mother Ruthie from returning to streetwalking in Tel Aviv. Ruthie calls Or "my treasure," but Ruthie is a burden. She's just out of hospital, weak, and Or has found her a job as a house cleaner. The call of the quick money on the street is tough for Ruthie to ignore. Or's emotions roil further when the mother of the youth she's in love with comes to the flat to warn her off. With love fading and Ruthie perhaps beyond help, Or's choices narrow.

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Plot Keywords:

pantyhose | principal | no music | watching tv | pay phone | 

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Country:

France Israel

Language:

Hebrew

Release Date:

16 September 2004 (Israel)

Also Known As:

Or (My Treasure)

Filming Locations:

Tel Aviv, Israel

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$5,022, 5 June 2005, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$28,894, 18 September 2005

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bizibi, Transfax Film Productions, Canal+

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

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Soundtracks

Transcend
(Moonman's Trancentral Remix)
Written by Brendan Webster & David Clifford John Webster
Remix by Ferry Corsten
Published by Hook / UG Music
Performed by Cascade

User Reviews

Role-reversal as teen parents mom.

I first saw Ronit Elkabetz in The Band's Visit, and then in Late Marriage. She was fantastic in both and really captivated me. I am so glad I saw her in films where she was appealing before I saw this. Here, she is an aging, drug-addicted prostitute, who is being cared for by her teen daughter Or (Dana Ivgy). It is classic role reversal, and it is not very pretty.

It means Or works late at night, collects anything that can be sold, and cares for her mother like she was a child. All to keep her off the streets. School becomes a hit or miss thing as she spends time collecting bottles. It is a day-to-day battle.

While Or is trying to save her mother she is being used as a sexual receptacle by everyone. She finally ends up getting paid for it rather than just giving it away. All to no avail as her mother continues to hit the streets.

Ivgy and Elkabetz were outstanding in this sad slice of life.