The Human Resources Manager
| The Human Resources Manager | |
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Tova Asher | |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
| Country | Israel |
| Languages | Hebrew, Romanian, English |
The Human Resources Manager (
drama film directed by Eran Riklis. It was written by Noah Stollman, based on the 2006 book A Woman in Jerusalem by A. B. Yehoshua. The film tells the story of a bakery's human-resources manager (unnamed, like most of the film's characters) who reluctantly travels to Eastern Europe to bring the body of a deceased former employee, a recent immigrant to Israel, back to her family, in order to prevent a public-relations disaster for his company. The first half of the film is set in, and was filmed in, Jerusalem, while the second half was filmed in Romania
, although the name of the country is never specified in the film.
The Human Resources Manager won five
Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards,[1] but it did not make the final shortlist.[2]
Cast
- Mark Ivanir as The Human Resources Manager
- Reymond Amsalem as The Divorcee
- Gila Almagor as The Widow
- Noah Silveras The Boy
- Guri Alfi as The Weasel
- Irina Petrescu as The Grandmother
- Julian Negulesco as The Vice Consul
- Rozina Cambos as The Consul
- Bogdan E. Stanoevitch as The Ex-Husband
- Ofir Weil as The Morgue Worker
- Roni Koren as The Daughter
- Papil Panduru as The Driver
- Danna Semo as The Secretary
- Sylwia Drori as The Nun
See also
- List of submissions to the 83rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Israeli submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
- ^ a b "Human Resources Manager wins big at Ophir Awards". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
- ^ "9 Foreign Language Films Continue to Oscar Race". oscars.org. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
External links
- Human Resources Manager at IMDb
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