Campfire (2004)
Género : Drama, Romance
Tiempo de ejecución : 1H 36M
Director : Joseph Cedar
Sinopsis
The story of one woman's personal battle for acceptance, but also a portrait of a political movement that has forever affected millions of lives in the Middle East.
The love story of Margalit (Pnina Gary), who lives in Nahalal, and Eli Ben-Zvi, son of Rachel Yanait and Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, Israeli's second president. The year is 1947, a tumultuous period as tensions rise between the Israeli settlement and the Arab tribes and neighboring countries. A chance encounter sparks love at first sight between Margalit, of Nahalal – a cooperative workers' settlement – and Eli Ben-Zvi, the Muhtar of the Beit Keshet kibbutz. The affair is off to a rocky start, as Eli is committed to the defense efforts that preceded the Arab-Israeli War of 1948 and the birth of the State of Israel. The two go on to set a wedding date, but the fight for a nation leaves no room for young lovers.
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.
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)
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.
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.
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.
En los años 60, una familia hindú viaja a Israel siguiendo una promesa de la agencia hebrea de entregarles un apartamento en el centro de Israel. Tras horas de viaje en camión, el vehículo se estropea. La hija no tiene idea de dónde se encuentran. Y ahí, en medio del desierto, conoce a una chica que le hará cambiar su vida.
Individual memories of a group of teenage Holocaust survivors in Israel creates sharp conflicts among them.
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.
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.
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 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.
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)
A young Jew in 1911 Wales tries to make his living by selling fabrics door to door, but to do so he must hide his nationality. On one of his sales he meets and falls in love with a demure young woman with a strong-willed father and a Jew-hating brother. The two fall in love and she becomes pregnant, but only then does she learn of his ethnic background. When anti-Jewish riots break out, the two are forced to flee and become separated.
Two Israeli sisters delve into the dark mystery of their father’s former life in Poland during World War II.
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.
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.
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.
Fixated on romantic fantasies, a kindly and strong-willed young woman with a mild mental disability embarks on a relationship — much to the concern of her protective mother.
Haim-Aaron is a bright, ultra-orthodox religious scholar living in Jerusalem. His talents and devotion are envied by all. One evening, following a self-imposed fast, Haim-Aaron collapses and loses consciousness. The paramedics announce his death, but his father takes over resuscitation efforts and, beyond all expectations, Haim-Aaron comes back to life. After the accident, try as he might, Haim-Aaron remains apathetic to his studies. He feels overwhelmed by a sudden awakening of his body and suspects this is God testing him. He wonders if he should stray from the prescribed path and find a way to rekindle his faith... The title means "Rectify" in Hebrew; nevertheless the movie is called Tikkun in the English-speaking world.