Yosef Grunfeld

Películas

Legend of Destruction
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What had initially started out as a Jewish revolt against the Roman occupation, quickly turned into a fierce civil war. The combination of religious messianic zeal and the friction between social classes proved disastrous and resulted in the destruction of Jerusalem and the Holy Temple.
Back to Maracanã
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Roberto, divorced with a failing business, his son Itay, a spoiled child that snubs his father and despises soccer, and the grandfather Samuel, an enthusiastic soccer fan that recently found out he doesn’t have much time to live, depart spontaneously to the World Cup Games in Brazil- their former homeland. Their unplanned trip turns into an emotional journey that changes all of them forever.
The Ballad of the Weeping Spring
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A beautiful drama about love, friendship and the power of art to transform. Seeking redemption for a mysterious past and a dark secret, musician Yosef Tawila is on a quest to gather the members of his troupe, which disbanded for twenty years.
The Fifth Heaven
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Maya, a beautiful, 13, arrives to an orphanage towards the end of World War II. She discovers who her true father is and has a forbidden relationships with an orphanage worker.
Mrs. Moskowitz and the Cats
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When Yolanda Moscowitz, a retired French teacher, wakes up in a hospital geriatric ward, she is convinced it must be a mistake. But the titanium plate in her hip confines her to a wheelchair and to a lengthy convalescence. Nonetheless, Yolanda discovers a new life in the hospital. She develops a close relationship with Allegra, a solitary woman who is her roommate, and she meets Shaul, a former soccer player, who makes her feel certain emotions she thought had vanished from her life for good.
Things Behind the Sun
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Now that Itzhak's father is in a coma, and dying, Itzhak is finally willing to visit him, thus breaking a ten-year silence. During his visits to the hospital, Itzhak, a beaten and reserved man, is frustrated to find himself neglected by his own family: his wife, a long suppressed artist whose life's dream is fulfilled that same week; his twenty-seven-year-old son - a "philosopher" still living at home; and his twenty-five-year-old daughter - a tormented lesbian who has had no contact with her family for a long time. Itzhak doesn't realize, though, that his ten year old daughter, Didush, neglected and almost invisible to her family, is secretly visiting her grandfather whom she has never met previously and sets out to discover the old family secret.
Letters from Rishikesh
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In the travel to New Delhi to search for his daughter, Alex encounters and experiences things that expose him the world of his daughter.
Caminar sobre las aguas
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Eyal es un “liquidador” profesional del Mosad, el servicio secreto israelí. Eyal espía a Pia, la nieta de Himmelman, un ex-oficial nazi que, al parecer, sigue vivo. Se hace pasar por guía profesional y aprovecha que Axel, el hermano de Pia, ha ido a Israel, para enseñarle Jerusalén y las orillas del mar Muerto. Aunque los dos hombres tienen personalidades muy diferentes, Eyal se deja conquistar por las ideas liberales y el inagotable entusiasmo del joven.
Voices from the Heartland: Slaves of the Lord
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In a Jewish Orthodox village in Israel, Tamar, a twelve-year-old girl, prepares for her Bat-Mitzvah (confirmation), which will take place on Passover. Becoming convinced that she is impure, and growing increasingly scared and depressed, she forces herself into an endless ritual of cleaning, while attempting to silence the whispering inner obsessional thoughts that are detailing every inch of her relentless guilt, over and over again. To make matters worse, Tamar's only friend, Rachel, lures her into sinful mischief: peeping into the Mikveh (bath house), turning a light on during the Sabbath. The girls even dare to secretly bathe at the Mikveh when Tamar gets her first period. Will Tamar succumb to her fears? A dark and unflinching portrayal of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and the inner turmoil of an adolescent girl.
Short Stories About Love
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Israeli short films mini-series.
Midnight Edition
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After interviewing a convicted killer, a reporter becomes obsessed with his mesmerizing subject. When his life is threatened, he comes to his senses, but it may be too late to save his family.
Halcones de mar
Additional Editing
Después de enfrentarse en una pelea, dos especialistas de la marina inician una sólida amistad. Con el tiempo, uno de ellos se enamora de la mujer del otro y decide solicitar su traslado a otra unidad para olvidarla. El tiempo y las circunstancias harán que vuelva a coincidir. Poco después una misión muy complicada les espera, una misión que puede determinar sus vidas para siempre.
Time Off
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A young soldier is being treated very harsh by his commanding lieutenant. Just before they will be sent out to Lebanon, their battalion gets one day off to relax in Jerusalem. There the soldier finds out the lieutenant has sex in a public park.
Yonanam
Editor
Outsider develops friendship with a cockroach
Souvenirs from Hebron
Assistant Director
Three IDF soldiers on a routine patrol in the early 1980s in occupied Hebron.
Souvenirs from Hebron
Assistant Editor
Three IDF soldiers on a routine patrol in the early 1980s in occupied Hebron.