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It’s a typically irreverent joke in a movie that is a mixture of a rom-com and a more serious look at how Israelis deal with prejudice and the past, which is now playing in theaters.
The full-length feature debut by writer/director Shirel Peleg is a charming addition to the canon of contemporary Israeli cinema. It’s an effective queer romcom that also manages to make a political statement.
The full-length feature debut by writer/director Shirel Peleg is a charming addition to the canon of contemporary Israeli cinema. It’s an effective queer romcom that also manages to make a political statement.
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Rivka Michaeli is a cultural legend in Israel and one of the few artists who speak out against the government. Michaeli travels to America where her two children have been living for the past twenty years; only there can she play the roles of mother and grandmother. While in Israel Michaeli is considered a traitor for her political views, it's in America that she emerges as a devout and loving Zionist. The reunion forces Michaeli and her relatives to pay the price for living far away with the pain of missing out and the feeling of absence. It is an emotional reckoning that takes Rivka Mic...