The House on Chelouche Street
The House on Chelouche Street | |
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Directed by | Moshé Mizrahi |
Written by | Rachel Fabien Yerech Guber Moshé Mizrahi |
Produced by | Yoram Globus (executive producer) Menahem Golan (producer) |
Starring | Gila Almagor |
Cinematography | Adam Greenberg |
Edited by | Dov Hoenig |
Music by | Dov Seltzer |
Release date |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
Country | Israel |
Languages | Ladino |
The House on Chelouche Street (
Plot
The film tells the story of a
The plot centers on the firstborn, Sami, his transition from a shy 15-year-old to a working man and an activist in the "Irgun" (a resistance movement that acted mainly against the military forces of the British), and the romantic attachment he develops with a 25-year-old Russian immigrant librarian (Michal Bat-Adam, now a director). In addition to this, Clara struggles between social pressure to take a husband and her own complex feelings surrounding this, complicated by another Sephardi Egyptian, played by Yosef Shiloach, who has strong feelings for her.
The film is a vivid and very credible description of the lives of Sephardi immigrant families on the eve of the declaration of the state of Israel. Also covered are the escalating
Cast
- Gila Almagor as Clara
- Ofer Shalhin as Sami
- Michal Bat-Adam as Sonia
- Yosef Shiloach as Nissim
- Rolf Brin as Grossman
See also
- List of submissions to the 46th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Israeli submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
- ^ "The 46th Academy Awards (1974) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
External links
- The House on Chelouche Street at IMDb