Rabies (2010)

A brother and sister who run away from home find sanctuary in a deserted nature reserve. When the sister falls into the trap of a psychopathic killer, the brother sets out on a race against... See full summary »

Directors:

Aharon Keshales, Navot Papushado

Writers:

Aharon Keshales, Navot Papushado

Stars:

Lior Ashkenazi, Ania Bukstein, Danny Geva

3 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Lior Ashkenazi	...	Danny
Ania Bukstein	...	Adi
Danny Geva	...	Yuval
Yael Grobglas	...	Shir
Henry David	...	Ofer
Ran Danker	...	Mikey
Liat Harlev	...	Tali (as Liat Har Lev)
Yaron Motola	...	The man in overalls
Menashe Noy	...	Menashe
Ofer Shechter	...	Pini
Efrat Boimold	...	Rona (as Efrat Baumwauld)
Efrat Rayten	...	(as Efrat Raiten)
Karin Ophir	...	(as Kareen Ophir)
Dror Keren
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sapir Itzhakov	...	Girl in the Car

Storyline

A brother and sister who run away from home find sanctuary in a deserted nature reserve. When the sister falls into the trap of a psychopathic killer, the brother sets out on a race against time to find help. In a twist of fate the rescue of the sister becomes inadvertently intertwined with the lives of a group of young tennis players, a ranger and his dog, as well as a team of policemen.

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Plot Keywords:

tennis player | police corruption | nature reserve | dog | psychopathic killer | 

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Genres:

Horror

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook

Country:

Israel

Language:

Hebrew

Release Date:

2 December 2010 (Israel)

Also Known As:

Rabies

Filming Locations:

Tel Aviv, Israel

Company Credits

Production Co:

United Channel Movies

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

First ever Israel horror feature.

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Connections

Features Goldberg & Eisenberg: Til Death Do Us Part (2013)

User Reviews

A Well-Made And Meaningful Israeli Thriller

In general I've been disappointed with Israeli cinema. Rather than giving sincere and insightful expressions of a country with such a heavy sociopolitical atmosphere, a land which underlies so much of the world's history and which has now been so quickly repopulated and rebuilt by a people who have achieved so much under the weight of hatred, exclusion, and genocide, most Israeli filmmakers have followed in the aimless and shallow footsteps of Hollywood trash and self-righteous American liberal con artists. The film "Kalevet," however, is an exception to the current trend of filmmaking in Israel and all the other countries of the world who are to some degree being culturally tainted by one of the worst things America has to offer, i.e., it's cinema. And interestingly enough, "Kalevet" manages to escape the Hollywood pattern by making use of one of it's most simple-minded conventions--the slasher film. By employing sophisticated directing, cinematography, editing, and a screenplay portraying morally complex characters and a narrative that serves as an insightful metaphor for Israeli society as well as a universal statement on the human condition, the creators of "Kalevet" have succeeded in doing what is usually more expected from filmmakers in the more eastern part of Asia, i.e., reinvent a usually meaningless Hollywood genre into something that is not simply entertaining but meaningful.