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God's Neighbors

Les Voisins de Dieu

Israel, France

2012

98 Min
Color
Hebrew
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DIR Meni Yaesh

SCR Meni Yaesh

DP Shahak Paz

CAST Roy Assaf, Gal Friedman, Itzik Golan, Rotem Ziesman-Cohen

ED Asaf Korman

PROD DES Udi Tugendreich

MUSIC Shushan

SOUND Matthieu Vigouroux

Cannes (Critics' Week): SACD Prize

Synopsis

Rules must be followed. For the “supervisors” of a Bat Yam neighborhood in Israel, this means ensuring that women are dressed appropriately, that people respect Shabbat, or that Arabs from Jaffa don’t enter the neighborhood with music blaring from their cars. Avi, Kobi and Yaniv are young and know how to fight. Avi is their leader. The group’s dynamic is challenged when Avi threatens a young woman that doesn’t follow their rules, a woman he’s about to fall in love with… —Semaine de la Critique

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CarlosEsquives

13Aug12

Esta película sobresale por su gesto transgresor. Es la historia que deconstruye los perfiles más conservadores de la religión judía. Fuera de esto, su trama puede resultar trivial, pero no deja de ser atractiva. http://bit.ly/S2EYtO

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