Synopsis
In spite of blood ties to both Haifa's Jewish and Arab populations, Moshe (Moshe Ivgy) leads a rootless existence. Grown weary of his impatient wife Didi (Keren Mor) and ambivalent about his needy young mistress Grisha (Natali Atiya), the only relationships Moshe doesn't complicate are with his devoted parents, Jewish Hanna (Meron) and Arab Yussuf, and with Jules (Juliano Mer), Moshe's ne'er-do-well childhood friend. But when Jules' real estate developer brother moves to buy a prized piece of property from the Arab side of the family, Moshe's divided ancestry is put to the test.
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Cast
- Moshe IvgyMoshe
- Hanna MaronHanna
- Dalit KahanDidi
- Yussuf Abu-WardaYussuf
- Nataly AttiyaGrisha
- Anne Petit-LagrangeThe Doctor
- Samuel CalderonShmul
- Gassan AbbasNadim
- Keren MorMimi
- Irit GidronBank Teller
- 80
Village Voice
A darkly comic tale of characters riven by divided loyalties and neurotic inhibitions. - 75
New York Post
Veteran stage, screen and TV actor Moshe Ivgi gives a sturdy performance as Moshe, a supposed tough guy who sobs when confronted by bank robbers. - 70
TV Guide Magazine
The wonderfully drawn characters and their soap-opera entanglements are dryly amusing and well played. - 70
The New York Times
An interesting, elusive hodgepodge of comedy, melodrama and implicit allegory, lighted by occasional sparks of formal bravado. - 63
New York Daily News
Though the results are only moderately compelling, the film's problems stem not from a lack of ideological thrust, but rather from a protagonist who is so phenomenally unlikable.