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Three young Israelis, two guys and a
girl, share an apartment in Tel Aviv`s hippest neighborhood: headstrong
Lulu, who works in a bath products boutique; flamboyant Yali, who manages a
trendy café; and brooding music store clerk Noam, who spends his weekends
serving at checkpoints in the National Guard. When Noam meets and falls in
love with a Palestinian man named Ashraf, he and his friends conspire to
help Ashraf stay on in Tel Aviv illegally. They participate in a beach
rally, celebrating a peaceful coexistence, and calling for an end to the
occupation of Palestinian territories. But ultimately, their carefully
constructed utopia is shattered by the political and social realities of the
Middle East, and the constant outbursts of violence.
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| Director/Writer | Eytan Fox | "Noam" | Ohad Knoller | |
| Writer | Gal Uchovsky | "Ashraf" | Yousef Sweid | |
| Eytan Fox | "Lulu" | Daniela Wircer | ||
| Producer | Gal Uchovsky | "Yali" | Alon Friedmann | |
| Ronen Ben Tal | ||||
| Amir Feingold | ||||
| Director of Photography | Yaron Scharf | |||
| Editor | Yosef Grunfeld | |||
| Yaniv Raiz | ||||
| Composer | Ivri Lider |
Director's Bio - Eytan Fox
Eytan Fox’s 2004 film WALK ON WATER has become the most successful Israeli film abroad. The story of a Mossad secret service agent who befriends the gay grandson of an ex-Nazi officer was released successfully in over 25 countries. Previously, 2002’s YOSSI & JAGGER, the love affair between two officers in the Israeli army, became an international breakout hit. Both WALK ON WATER and YOSSI & JAGGER have achieved cult status on DVD.
Born in New York City, at an early age Fox moved with his family to Israel. He grew up in Jerusalem, then studied at Tel Aviv University’s School of Film and Television. His first film, TIME OFF, a 45-minute drama about sexual identity in the Israeli army, won him acclaim and led to the making his first feature, SONG OF THE SIREN, a romantic comedy which became Israel’s biggest box office success in 1994.
Between 1997 and 2000, Fox created and directed the Israeli TV dramatic series FLORENTINE, which examined the life of young people in Tel Aviv before and after the Rabin assassination.
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