Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Sarah Adler | ... | Batia | |
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Nikol Leidman | ... | Girl |
Gera Sandler | ... | Michael | |
Noa Raban | ... | Keren (as Noa Knoller) | |
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Ma. Nenita Flores Dela Torre | ... | Joy (as Ma-nenita De Latorre) |
Zaharira Harifai | ... | Malka | |
Ilanit Ben-Yaakov | ... | Galia | |
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Naama Nisim | ... | Naomi |
Bruria Albeck | ... | Relly | |
Tzahi Grad | ... | Police Officer | |
Amos Shoov | ... | Eyal | |
Assi Dayan | ... | Eldad | |
Liron Vaisman | ... | Shiri | |
Miri Fabian | ... | Nili | |
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Shalom Shmuelov | ... | Menachem |
Meduzot (the Hebrew word for Jellyfish) tells the story of three very different Israeli women living in Tel Aviv whose intersecting stories weave an unlikely portrait of modern Israeli life. Batya, a catering waitress, takes in a young child apparently abandoned at a local beach. Batya is one of the servers at the wedding reception of Keren, a young bride who breaks her leg in trying to escape from a locked toilet stall, which ruins her chance at a romantic honeymoon in the Caribbean. One of the guests is Joy, a Philippine chore woman attending the event with her employer, and who doesn't speak any Hebrew (she communicates mainly in English), and who is guilt-ridden after having left her young son behind in the Philippines. Written by Anonymous
As much as I have admired what films that Isreal has produced (at least what I have seen,so far), I figured, there's bound to be a least one clunker in the batch. I have to admit, Jellyfish (or as it is known in Isreal as Meduzot)suffers from one too many unresolved plot lines. One plot line is a young woman who finds a nameless young girl who follows her around after a day at the beach. Another is a pair of newlyweds who seem to have a rash of bad luck on their wedding day. There are at least a couple of other plot lines, that don't even attempt at any kind of cohesive whole. The acting seems to be on the mark, but I just couldn't find any kind of narrative thread to hold it all together. Hava Nagila, indeed.