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Jellyfish
Jellyfish
7.9
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560 Ratings

JELLYFISH

Meduzot

Directed by Shira Geffen, Etgar Keret
Israel, France, 2007
Drama

Synopsis

Jellyfish tells the stories of three very different Tel Aviv women. Catering waitress Batya takes in a child apparently abandoned at a local beach. Batya is a waitress at Keren’s wedding reception. Attending the event is Joy, a domestic worker who has left her son behind in her native Philippines.

Synopsis

Jellyfish tells the stories of three very different Tel Aviv women. Catering waitress Batya takes in a child apparently abandoned at a local beach. Batya is a waitress at Keren’s wedding reception. Attending the event is Joy, a domestic worker who has left her son behind in her native Philippines.

Our take

Winner of the Camera D’Or in Cannes, Jellyfish is the product of a collaboration between acclaimed writer Etgar Keret and Shira Geffen. Sharply observed and tinged with surrealism, the three stories at the center of the film form a varied and impactful portrait of womanhood in Tel Aviv.