Movie Description

כלת הים

(2009)

Overview

In the city of Jaffa; a young girl plans to run away with her secret lover, when a tragedy forever changes the course of their lives. Jaffa is a mixed Arabic - Jewish seaside city near Tel Aviv, where Reuven Wolf (Moni Moshonov) has a garage for repairing cars. His wife Ossi (Ronit Elkabetz), a vain, self-centered woman, just makes everybody's life difficult. The couple's daughter, Mali Wolf (Dana Ivgy), has secretly fallen in love with her childhood friend, the young Toufik (newcomer Mahmud Shalaby), a hard-working youth who has come as a helping hand to his Israeli-Arab father Hassan, a long-time mechanic working for Reuven.

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Original Titleכלת הים

Status Released

Release Information

  • 2009-06-10

Original LanguageUnknown

Runtime 01h 46m

Production CompaniesMEDIA Programme of the European Union,Bizibi,Transfax Film Productions,Rohfilm,Rabinovich Film Fund Cinema Project,Keshet Broadcasting,Canal+,ARTE France Cinéma,Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung

Genres

  • Drama