Hunting Elephants (2013)

In Jerusalem, a bullied teen befriends his grandfather and long lost uncle and soon they decide to solve their financial problems by robbing a bank.

Director:

Reshef Levi

Writers:

Reshef Levi, Regev Levy (as Regev Levi)

Stars:

Sasson Gabai, Moni Moshonov, Patrick Stewart

7 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Sasson Gabai	...	Eliyahu
Moni Moshonov	...	Nick
Patrick Stewart	...	Lord Michael Simpson
Gil Blank	...	Yonatan
Yaël Abecassis	...	Dorit
Moshe Ivgy	...	Deddy
Zvika Hadar	...	Daniel
Rotem Zissman-Cohen	...	Sigi (as Rotem Zussman-Cohen)
Meirav Koperberg	...	Simona
Tikva Dayan	...	Parents' home manager (as Tiki Dayan)
Alexander Peleg	...	Lesman (as Alex Peleg)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Maria Belkin
Ezra Dagan
Rot Frhaci
Adam Gabay	...	Yoval

Storyline

Three elderly men and grandson Yonatan find themselves stuck together in a Jerusalem nursing home. The kid is a genius, but stammers and is bullied at school. Yonatan's grandfather, Eliahu, whom he had never met, is a former member of the Lehi (pre-State Jewish underground), and a cold person. Eliahu's best friend from Lehi, Nick, is full of ambition and passion that will never materialize; and Eliahu's English brother-in-law, a has-been, third-rate actor in debt for two hundred thirty-two thousand euros. There's one thing keeping them together, they all want to rob the bank that employed Yonatan's deceased father to avenge it for not paying the Yonatan's mother compensation for his dad's death, due to the "small print" in his employment contract, and they want the money to make their last wish come true.

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Plot Keywords:

bank | grandfather grandson relationship | israel | teenage boy | 15 year old | 

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Taglines:

Three old men, a clever kid and a bank that just had to be robbed.

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Drama

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

Israel USA

Language:

Hebrew English Thai

Release Date:

July 2013 (Israel)

Also Known As:

Canailles connection

Filming Locations:

Jerusalem, Israel

Box Office

Budget:

ILS10,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bleiberg Entertainment, Hunting Elephants Film Production - Limited Partnership, United King Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

107 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Sir Patrick Stewart replaced John Cleese, who became unavailable due to medical reasons.

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Quotes

Lord Michael Simpson: We are all going to die. We are all going to die.

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Connections

Referenced in A Wonderful Country: Episode #11.2 (2014)

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Soundtracks

Funky Love
Written by 'Gilad Benamram'
Performed by 'Project Curious'
Courtesy of EverBliss Music Corporation

User Reviews

Incredibly Funny !

An Entertaining motion picture to the extent that I've managed to forgot when was the last time I had so many laughs watching an Israeli movie. This is a truly Israeli-well-made-quality movie featuring the best actors as could ever be casted to such a movie !

When you think of Moni Mushonov and how funny he can be than you don't even begin to apprehand how funny he is in this amazing movie. Moni has always been (Since I can remember myself as a young kid) the character to fall in love with and laugh from the second you lay your eyes on him. Gabai, Evgy & "Jean Luc-Pikard" - who would imagine such a cast for an Israli Flic. They are wonderful together and I Loved it, Go and watch and laugh till your eyes pop out :)