Jaffa
France, Germany, Israel
2009
106 Min
Color
1.85:1
Hebrew
Synopsis
In the heart of Jaffa, a city nicknamed “The Bride of the Sea” by the Israelis, Reuven’s garage is a family business. His daughter, Mali, and his son, Meir, as well as Toufik and Hassan, a young Palestinian and his father, work there for Reuven. No one suspects that Mali and Toufik have been in love for years. As the two lovers are secretly making their wedding arrangements, tensions build between Meir and Toufik… —Cannes Film Festival
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afuchs
23Feb11
A sterile, devastating film. Carefully and painfully dissecting its plot from the "big picture" that you'd so much like to see, it makes you desperate to ignore it, and leaves you in a state of excruciating, unresolved awareness. And still it is a film about a family. It seems to draw heavily upon Middle Eastern drama, of which I am no expert, and nods skillfully to Amos Gitai, the maestro.
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By Bobby Wise on February 28, 2010
“Kalat Hayam/Jaffa” by Keren Yedaya is a revelation. When Hitchcock said the screen rectangle must be charged with emotion he had films like this in mind. “Jaffa” tells the tale of a family dissolution… read review
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