Shlomi Elkabetz

Shlomi Elkabetz

Birth : 1972-12-05, Shchuna D, Be'er Sheva, Israele

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Shlomi Elkabetz (Hebrew: שלומי אלקבץ; born 5 December 1972) is an Israeli actor, writer and director. Elkabetz is best known for his Vivian Amsalem trilogy comprising the films, To Take a Wife, Shiva and Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem. Elkabetz co-wrote and co-directed the films with his older sister, Ronit Elkabetz, who also starred in the films as Viviane Amsalem, an unhappy Israeli housewife trapped in a marriage with a pious man she cannot stand. The films were loosely based on the relationship between the Elkabetz's parents. Description above from the Wikipedia article Shlomi Elkabetz, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Shlomi Elkabetz

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Tel Aviv Beirut
Tel Aviv Beirut
Yossi
With the backdrop of the 1980s Israeli-Lebanese conflict, this road movie portrays the journey of women separated from their families by the border.
Je t’aime Ronit Elkabetz
Je t’aime Ronit Elkabetz
Producer
An archival montage of late director Israeli and actress Ronit Elkabetz as told through the radical collection of her extraordinary wardrobe. A cinematic essay about the power of cinema, the power of clothes, and of one unforgettable woman standing for and embodying the deepest human desire for freedom and liberty.
Black Notebooks
Black Notebooks
With this two-part feature documentary, Shlomi Elkabetz shares a poignant love letter to his sister, the late actress and director Ronit Elkabetz, and delivers a rare cinematic experience.
Black Notebooks
Black Notebooks
Director
With this two-part feature documentary, Shlomi Elkabetz shares a poignant love letter to his sister, the late actress and director Ronit Elkabetz, and delivers a rare cinematic experience.
Shooting Life
Shooting Life
Writer
A film teacher has to teach in Sderot and change the lives of his students.
In the Desert: A Documentary Diptych
In the Desert: A Documentary Diptych
Producer
Heritage
Heritage
Producer
Noam, a young gay man, discovers that his father, who just died, had a secret affair with a married man. He follows and meets that man. He now holds his father’s secret.
In Between
In Between
Producer
The film captures the daily duality of three young Palestinian women in Tel Aviv, caught between hometown tradition and big city abandon, and the price they must pay for a lifestyle that seems obvious to many: the freedom to work, party, fuck, and choose.
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem
Producer
The trial story of Viviane Amsalem's five year fight to obtain her divorce in front of the only legal authority competent for divorce cases in Israel, the Rabbinical Court.
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem
Writer
The trial story of Viviane Amsalem's five year fight to obtain her divorce in front of the only legal authority competent for divorce cases in Israel, the Rabbinical Court.
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem
Director
The trial story of Viviane Amsalem's five year fight to obtain her divorce in front of the only legal authority competent for divorce cases in Israel, the Rabbinical Court.
Shiva
Shiva
Screenplay
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.
Shiva
Shiva
Director
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.
To Take A Wife
To Take A Wife
Screenplay
The story takes place in Haifa, Israel, in 1979, during three days before the Shabbat. A young woman trying to raise three children, work from home, and observe the strict Moroccan traditions of her family finds herself at constant odds with her husband and her brothers, who want her to stay married and leave behind the notions of being loved and free.
To Take A Wife
To Take A Wife
Director
The story takes place in Haifa, Israel, in 1979, during three days before the Shabbat. A young woman trying to raise three children, work from home, and observe the strict Moroccan traditions of her family finds herself at constant odds with her husband and her brothers, who want her to stay married and leave behind the notions of being loved and free.