A woman's seaside vacation takes a dark turn when her obsession with a young mother forces her to confront secrets from her past.
Tylsistynyt lastentarhanopettaja Lisa Spinelli huomaa yhdessä lastentarhan lapsista, 5-vuotiaassa Jimmyssä, piileviä runoilijan taitoja. Lisan uteliaisuus pojan kykyä kohtaan voimistuu pian ja yltyy pakkomielteeksi, joka iskee luihin ja ytimiin.
A young Israeli man absconds to Paris to flee his nationality, aided by his trusty Franco-Israeli dictionary.
A famous actress goes incognito to seek treatment for a medical issue, and in a hospital waiting room she meets three remarkable women who help her face adversity with humor and camaraderie.
Jäähyväiset on humoristinen ja lämminhenkinen elokuva ystävyydestä. Kun läheiset ja rakkaat eivät enää pärjää tavallisessa jerusalemilaisessa hoitokodissa, ryhmä vanhuksia ryhtyy rakentamaan armomurhakonetta. Pian huhut auttavasta ihmekoneesta alkavat kiiriä vanhusten keskellä ja ryhmälle alkaa sadella uusia pyyntöjä suunnitelluista jäähyväisistä.
Stelios Dimitrakopoulos has 32 hours left before he loses everything. From the jazz bar he painstakingly keeps running for years, to his own family. The Romanian gangster who lent him money, now demands the debt to be paid. The middle-man and former friend, makes Stelios take care of illegal errands. His wife is seriously thinking of abandoning him, and a night club owner, not thinking about the consequences, finally starts to stand up for himself. Christmas is coming, the clock is ticking, and the tree in Stelios' house must be decorated.
A teacher discovers in a five year-old child a prodigious gift for poetry. Amazed and inspired by this young boy, she decides to protect his talent in spite of everyone.
"Betlehem" kertoo tarinan Israelin tiedustelupalvelun agentin monimutkaisesta suhteesta tietolähteeseensä, teini-ikäiseen palestiinalaiseen. Elokuva on kaunistelematon kuvaus ihmisistä, joita repivät kilpailevat lojaliteettisuhteet ja mahdottomat moraaliset kysymykset. Se tarjoaa ainutlaatuisen mahdollisuuden tutustua inhimillisen älyn synkkään ja kiehtovaan maailmaan.
An Israeli filmmaker throws himself in the midst of two battles doomed to fail: one against the death of freedom in his country, the other against the death of his mother.
An accident during a bar mitzvah celebration leads to a gendered rift in a devout Orthodox community in Jerusalem, in this rousing, good-hearted tale about women speaking truth to patriarchal power.
Follows three brothers who are going to discover the greatest secret of their late mother. This trip is going to change their lives.
An elderly Israeli Jew of Greek origins was sent to Greece to represent his town in a town twinning ceremony, however he went instead to search for his friend from the childhood, who saved him from the Holocaust. In meantime he formed a special relationship with young Greek woman, and dealt with the broken relationship with his devout Hasidic son.
Based on Rupert Isaacson's autobiographical book, the film follows the journey of Emily and Jonatha's son, Noah, an autistic child who rarely talks and isn't improving despite his parents' efforts to connect with him.
Simple people struggle through extraordinary circumstances. Sometimes the only answer to any problem is 'The world is funny so we have to laugh.
Israeli director Natalie Assouline chronicles the lives of women, mostly young mothers, in prison for involvement in failed suicide attacks/terrorists attacks in Israel. Filmed over two years, this portrait strives to unearth the motivations behind their crimes. With the women's heads and feelings firmly covered, the film reveals no answers, just the heart-breaking tension between humanity and ideology.