Israel movies

Every Time We Say Goodbye (1986)

Sunday, June 6th, 2010
Genres: Drama | Romance | War
Countries: Israel | USA
Actors: Hanks, Tom | Marsillach, Cristina | Taylor, Benedict | Atzmon, Anat | Almagor, Gila | Moshonov, Moni | Hizkiyahu, Avner | Parnass, Esther | Porat, Orna | Azikri, Nissim | Ivgy, Moshe | Menachem, David | Keidar, Avi | Aboutboul, Alon | Armoni, Dafna
Directors: Mizrahi, Moshé
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An American flyer who joined the RAF before his country was in the war is recovering from a leg injury in Jerusalem. Through an English friend he meets a quiet Jewish girl whose close-knit family originally came from Spain. The two are attracted to each other but she is convinced their diverse backgrounds mean it could never work; not only is he a gentile, his father is a protestant minister. So though they keep running into each other in the small community, they find themselves just as frequently parting again.

Jellyfish aka Meduzot (2007)

Sunday, June 6th, 2010
Genres: Drama
Countries: France | Israel
Actors: Adler, Sarah | Leidman, Nikol | Sandler, Gera | Knoller, Noa | De Latorre, Ma-nenita | Harifai, Zaharira | Aizen, Tsipor | Dayan, Assi | Grad, Tzahi | Gurfinkel, Johnathan | Harel, Amir | Harel, Tami | Hizkiya, Yitzhak | Kerel, Lev | Keren, Dror
Directors: Geffen, Shira
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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.

Shiva (2008)

Sunday, June 6th, 2010
Genres: Drama | War
Countries: France | Israel
Actors: Iluz, Albert | Abecassis, Yaël | Abkarian, Simon | Laszlo, Hana | Ivgy, Moshe | Mor, Keren | Abutbul, Alon | Amzaleg, Rafi | Biton, Rabigal | David, Ben | Elkabetz, Yechiel | Frank, Gil | Gad Or, Mali | Gad, Daniel
Directors: Elkabetz, Ronit
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When one of the brothers (Ohayn) dies, all the whole family comes for Shiva (Jewish tradition,when the family sits seven days at the home after the death one of their family). A large family with a lot of problems and conflicts between them.

Plus tard (2008)

Sunday, June 6th, 2010
Genres: Drama
Countries: France | Germany | Israel
Actors: Moreau, Jeanne | Girardot, Hippolyte | Devos, Emmanuelle | Blanc, Dominique | Duval, Daniel | Aron-Schropfer, Denise | Cohen, Samuel | Soualem, Mouna | Moati, Serge | Denes, Max | Schroeder, Jan Oliver
Directors: Gitai, Amos
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A man endeavors to collect memories of his grandparents who died in a concentration camp during the Holocaust.

Later (2008)

Sunday, June 6th, 2010
Genres: Drama
Countries: France | Germany | Israel
Actors: Moreau, Jeanne | Girardot, Hippolyte | Devos, Emmanuelle | Blanc, Dominique | Duval, Daniel | Aron-Schropfer, Denise | Cohen, Samuel | Soualem, Mouna | Moati, Serge | Denes, Max | Schroeder, Jan Oliver
Directors: Gitai, Amos
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A man endeavors to collect memories of his grandparents who died in a concentration camp during the Holocaust.

Free Zone (2005)

Sunday, June 6th, 2010
Genres: Comedy | Drama
Countries: Belgium | France | Israel | Spain
Actors: Portman, Natalie | Laszlo, Hana | Abbass, Hiam | Maura, Carmen | Khoury, Makram | Avni, Aki | Klauzner, Uri | Levo, Liron | Russo, Tomer | Tarabshi, Adnan | Gabarin, Shredy
Directors: Gitai, Amos
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Rebecca, a young American lady who has been living in Jerusalem for a while, suddenly breaks off her engagement with Julio, her Israeli fiancé. In a state of emotional shock she gets into a taxi and asks the diver to take her anywhere she likes but away from the place where she broke up. Although reluctant, Hanna, the driver lets her accompany her to Jordan’s Free Zone where she is to meet “The American”, her husband Moshe’s Palestinian business partner. Once there, they realize “The American” is not there but a Palestinian woman named Leila offers them, after much bickering with Hanna, to take them to the oasis where “The American” lives…

Waltz with Bashir (2008)

Thursday, March 11th, 2010
Genres: Animation | Biography | Drama | War
Countries: Australia | Belgium | Finland | France | Germany | Israel | Switzerland | USA
Actors: Ben-Yishai, Ron | Dayag, Ronny | Harazi, Dror | Lazarov, Yehezkel | Leon, Mickey | Sivan, Ori | Solomon, Zahava
Directors: Folman, Ari
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One night at a bar, an old friend tells director Ari about a recurring nightmare in which he is chased by 26 vicious dogs. Every night, the same number of beasts. The two men conclude that there’s a connection to their Israeli Army mission in the first Lebanon War of the early eighties. Ari is surprised that he can’t remember a thing anymore about that period of his life. Intrigued by this riddle, he decides to meet and interview old friends and comrades around the world. He needs to discover the truth about that time and about himself. As Ari delves deeper and deeper into the mystery, his memory begins to creep up in surreal images.

Band’s Visit, The (2007)

Thursday, March 11th, 2010
Genres: Comedy | Drama
Countries: France | Israel | USA
Actors: Bakri, Saleh | Gabai, Sasson | Gavriel, Uri | Jabarin, Imad | Moskovitz, Rubi | Natour, Khalifa | Sheety, Eyad | Elkabetz, Ronit | Keren, Ahuva | Matatov, Rinat | Sarjon, Hilla
Directors: Kolirin, Eran
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A band comprised of members of the Egyptian police force head to Israel to play at the inaugural ceremony of an Arab arts center, only to find themselves lost in the wrong town.

Body, The (2001)

Thursday, March 11th, 2010
Genres: Drama | Romance | Thriller
Countries: Germany | Israel | USA
Actors: Banderas, Antonio | Williams, Olivia | Shrapnel, John | Jacobi, Derek | Flemyng, Jason | Wood, John | Hurst, Lillian | Khoury, Makram | Dobtcheff, Vernon | McNeice, Ian | Muhamed Bakri | Dekelbaum, Yoav | Samir, Sami | Licht, Jordan | Goldstein, Limor
Directors: Jonas McCord
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An ancient skeleton has been discovered in Jerusalem in a rich man’s tomb. Colouration of the wrist and leg bones indicates the cause of death was crucifiction. other signs, include a gold coin bearing the marks of Pontius Pilate and faint markings around the skull, lead authorities to suspect that these could be the bones of Christ. Politicians, clerics, religious extremists and those using terror as a means to an end, find their beliefs and identities test while risking their lives to unearth the truth

$9.99 (2008)

Thursday, February 11th, 2010
Genres: Animation
Countries: Australia | Israel
Actors: Ber, Josef | Budge, Tom | Edgerton, Joel | Ford, Leon | Johnson, Samuel | Katsamatsas, Jamie | LaPaglia, Anthony | Mendelsohn, Ben | Nixon, Henry | Otto, Barry | Rush, Geoffrey | Karvan, Claudia | Walsman, Leeanna
Directors: Rosenthal, Tatia
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A jobless 28-year-old residing in an apartment with his single father discovers the meaning of life for a bargain-basement price in this stop-motion animation film featuring the voices of Ben Mendelsohn, Barry Otto, Anthony LaPaglia, and Geoffrey Rush. Dave has made it his mission to discover the meaning of life, so when he stumbles across a book claiming to answer just that question for the low, low price of just $9.99, he can’t help but make an impulse purchase. Much to his surprise, the book contains all the answers he’s been searching for, a revelation that compels him to share this newfound information with his neighbors — an eccentric bunch whose stories gradually intertwine to offer a revealing portrait of their hopes, loves, and spiritual beliefs.