The Wonders (2013)
Género : Misterio, Drama
Tiempo de ejecución : 1H 52M
Director : Avi Nesher
Escritor : Avi Nesher, Shaanan Street
Sinopsis
Avi Nesher's new film tracks the complex relationship between a Jerusalem Graffiti artist and a mysterious modern day prophet who is imprisoned in an abandoned apartment across the Artist's window.
Individual memories of a group of teenage Holocaust survivors in Israel creates sharp conflicts among them.
Set in mid-70's, 12-year old Dvir Avni navigates between the equality values of his home-born Kibbutz and the relationship with his undermined mother, whom the Kibbutz members will to denounce.
Tto rebellious young women - one fleeing the chaos of secular hedonism for the disciplined comforts of faith; the other desperate to transcend her oppressive religious upbringing for sexual and spiritual freedom - cross paths unexpectedly in Jerusalem, to startling consequences.
Ya'ara, a blind PhD candidate in Mathematics at Princeton University, hears of her cousin Talia's suicide. Ya'ara rushes back to Israel. They were best of friends and twin spirits. Talia saw for both of them, and was always the one who believed and led Ya'ara to believe, that in spite of her blindness, Ya'ara could see everything. Ya'ara joins Talia's family for the traditional 7-day mourning period and there, she discovers the secrets of Talia's life and embarks on an investigation trying to discover the reason that led Talia to commit suicide.
Aviya tiene sólo un deseo: Vivir con su madre, deseo que se verá cumplido cuando ésta se presenta en el internado, donde Aviya ha vivido los últimos cinco años, y se la lleva a vivir con ella. La madre de Aviya tiene tatuado un número en el antebrazo y es considerada como una extranjera en su propio país, donde todo está organizado para "olvidar" el pasado. Pese a un entorno poco favorable, Aviya aprenderá a admirarla y a quererla. (FILMAFFINITY)
David is a garage electrician, who dreamt all of his life of becoming a magician, but had no luck in it. His girlfriend Batya wants an ordinary life, but David is still looking for his dream, so he links up with Romanian immigrant Shimon, who is an expert magician.
Cuando un par de hermanas israelíes distanciadas -una que se quedó en la casa de la infancia para cuidar a su padre enfermo, la otra que partió para una nueva vida en Tel Aviv- se reúnen, deben reconciliarse con las circunstancias que las separaron.
During the summer of 1968 a teenage boy goes to work for a matchmaker who has survived the Holocaust - both their lives are forever altered.
An adaptation of a popular Israeli stage musical. Kazablan is an army veteran turned gang leader in the Israeli port of Jaffa who masks his feelings of bitterness with a lot of bravado. He's sweet on Rachel, a young woman who lives with her father and stepmother. The budding relationship scandalizes the neighbors (not to mention Rachel's parents) and infuriates Yanush, a middle-aged shoe store owner who wants Rachel for himself. (Yanush feels he's entitled to marry Rachel since they're both Ashkenazi Jews of Eastern European origins, whereas Kazablan is a Sephardic Jew from Morocco.) The neighborhood has something else to worry about besides the antics of Kazablan and his gang: the city wants to tear down their crumbling homes. The residents pool their resources to save their houses, but the money that's collected is stolen. When he's jailed for the theft, Kazablan must find a way to clear himself.
Cuatro estudiantes compran un apartamento en Copenhague, y se mudan a vivir todos juntos. El film sigue sus vidas de veinteañeros, con sus momentos buenos y malos, y la soledad que alguno de ellos tendrá después de que se separen. (FILMAFFINITY)
Two people meet again after more than 50 years. They were lovers once, but their lives took different turns: she married his best friend. Fifty years later, they meet again and passion flares up. But is it possible to pick up the thread of a life that unraveled fifty years ago? The story of a wonderful last love affair, which is relived with the intensity of a first.
Un edificio de apartamentos en las afueras de Tel Aviv. El anciano Schwartz disfruta de una existencia tranquila en compañía de Linda, la joven filipina que cuida de él. Sus vecinos –Aviram, que no sale de casa sin su perro, y la divorciada Mali, que tiene una relación sentimental con Ilan, un hombre más joven que ella– apenas le habían molestado hasta ahora. Pero, desde hace poco, el caos se ha apoderado del edificio y a diario se escuchan gritos y gemidos. ¿Será porque Hezi ha alquilado discretamente un apartamento para poder hacer el amor con Gabi? ¿O que los nuevos vecinos han decidido ampliar su vivienda hacia el patio sin solicitar los permisos necesarios? Tampoco a Mali le faltan los problemas. Su ex marido ha contratado a los obreros chinos de sus vecinos, que no tienen papeles, y por si fuera poco, su hijo Eyal acaba de desertar del servicio militar.
Milena, una mujer de 50 años, lleva una vida tranquila y próspera junto a su marido Vlada, un antiguo miembro de las fuerzas especiales de policía durante las guerras de Yugoslavia –actualmente un exitoso promotor inmobiliario- y los dos hijos de ambos. Tras un chequeo rutinario en el que los médicos intuyen síntomas de cáncer, Milena sufre un pequeño ataque de histeria y comienza a limpiar su casa en profundidad. En el transcurso de esta tarea, encuentra una cinta de vídeo con imágenes de las actividades llevadas a cabo por Vlada durante la guerra, que incluyen el asesinato de civiles. A partir de este momento, seguimos la evolución de Milena y sus esfuerzos por enfrentarse a la realidad, mientras intenta preservar lo único que le queda en la vida: su familia. (FILMAFFINITY)
The story is about two twin brothers, Azriel and Gavriel. Azriel is a shy, religious Jew who works in a fruit shop in Jaffa. Gavriel, is a hoodlum and a good-for-nothing hustler who runs a Snooker Bar. Gavriel and his friend Hanuka make easy money by swindling people into gambling on Snooker games.One day Gavriel is forced to renew contact with his brother because he is in trouble with a gangster.
Two Israeli sisters delve into the dark mystery of their father’s former life in Poland during World War II.
Yitzhak runs the turkey farm his father built with his own two hands after they emigrated from Iran to Israel. When his son Moti turns thirteen, Yitzhak teaches him the trade, hoping that he will continue the proud family tradition. But Moti doesn't like working in the turkey barn; his passion is fixing up junkyard cars and bringing them back to life. Moti's mother Sarah tries to reconcile between the two, while his grandfather pushes Yitzhak to take a firm hand with his son. Yitzhak takes Moti's refusal to work in the turkey barn as a personal rejection. Though he loves his son dearly, he makes it his mission to impose the family farm on Moti. The arrival of Darius, the uncle from America, sets off a chain of events that will undermine the familial harmony. Soon enough Yitzhak will learn that his son is just as stubborn as he is. The conflict is inevitable.
Sergio Konstanza, a Swindler, owes money to Mr. Hasson. He escapes to the desert where he joins a wacky army reserve unit whose Seargent is engaged to one of Mr. Hasson's Daughters.
A feature-length documentary about one of the most successful British bands in rock music. The film recounts their extraordinary musical story, exploring the songwriting and the emotional highs and lows.
In Jerusalem's orthodox neighborhoods, it's Succoth, seven days celebrating life's essentials in a sukkah, a temporary shack of both deprivation and hospitality. A devout couple, Moshe and Mali, married nearly five years and childless, are broke and praying for a miracle...
Un hombre soltero se ve obligado a evaluar sus opciones de vida cuando descubre que una ex novia había dado a luz a su hijo hace veinte años.