Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Andrei KashkerYanush
- Moni MoshonovKlibanov
- Yussuf Abu-WardaThe Arab Man
- Helena YaralovaRossa
- Sendi BarYardena
- Juliano Mer-KhamisMoussa
- Menachem LangMenachem
- Tomer RussoMilek
- Liron LevoGideon
- Roman HazanowskiRoman
Recommendations
- 80
TV Guide Magazine
Gitai uses fictionalized characters to dramatize historical reality, and while minimalist in its presentation, the film becomes nearly operatic in its intensity. - 75
Christian Science Monitor
The drama makes up in intellectual weight what it sometimes lacks in psychological interest and cinematic realism. - 50
New York Daily News
Has the stilted, slightly surreal feel of a stage piece. Sometimes it works, but too often it doesn't. - 40
Variety
A largely dull history lesson…stripped of any backgrounding, peopled with archetypes rather than fully-drawn characters, and features self-consciously arty direction that gets in the way of story-telling. - 30
The New York Times
But for all its provocation, Kedma is an often dull, incoherent film, and its characters remain frustratingly sketchy - 30
Village Voice
Mesmerizingly bad filmmaking. - 10
The A.V. Club
Kedma makes for a clumsy, lugubrious history lesson.
