Jaffa

Author

Dana Igvy

Call Number

• DVD FOREIGN (CEN)

Edition

Widescreen version.

Languages

Closed-captioned.

Performers

Dana Igvy, Mahmud Shalaby, Moni Moshonov, Ro'i Asaf, Hussein Yassin Mahajneh, Lily Igvy.

Publication Information

[New York] : Film Movement, c2010.

Physical Description

1 videodisc (105 min.) : sd., col., 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Jaffa: Reuven's garage is a family business in Jaffa. Reuven's daughter Mali and son Meir also work there, as well as Toufik, a young Palestinian. Mali and Toufik have secretly been in love for years, and as they make their wedding arrangements, tension builds between Meir and Toufik.

Lost Paradise: A couple has an intimate encounter in a one star hotel. But a moment later, their idyll is shattered by intervening politics.

Notes

DVD release of the 2009 motion picture.

This month's short : Lost paradise / directors Mihal Brezis & Oded Binnun (10 min.)