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Menahem Lang, an actor with an extraordinary singing voice, returns to Bnei Brak, the city in Israel where he grew up and a center of ultra-orthodox Judaism. Now in his 30s, Lang left the city at 20, following years of rape and sexual abuse by elder, devout family men in the community. Yet, Lang was far from being an isolated case: his conversations with other abused young men document a cycle of sexual predators and tormented lives.
Rabbi
イスラエル、テルアビブの美しい海辺の街。バティアは結婚式場で働くウェイトレス。自分の気持ちを上手くことばに出来ず、恋人とつらい別れをしたばかり。ある日、彼女は浮き輪をつけた迷子の少女と出会い、成り行きから一時的に預かるハメになるが…。バティアの働く結婚式場で披露宴を挙げたケレンとマイケルだったが、式の最中にケレンが骨折してしまい新婚旅行は中止に。市内のホテルに宿泊した２人は狭い部屋で不満を募らせる。そんな時、謎めいた女性がマイケルに自分が泊まるスイートルームとの交換を申し出るが…。フィリピンから出稼ぎに来ている介護ヘルパーのジョイ。彼女が世話する初老の女性マルカは、娘との関係に悩み、その不満をジョイにぶつけてしまう…。
Menahem
"Promised Land" tells the story of a group of young unwitting Estonian girls smuggled through Egypt to be auctioned off as prostitutes in Israel, and of their initiation into this trade of flesh, and finally of the accidental freeing of one girl who most fight for her freedom.
Menachem
In May 1948, shortly before the creation of the State of Israel, hundreds of immigrants from across Europe arrive in Palestine--only to risk arrest by British troops.
