FEATURE FILM
Alila
Up to now, old Schwartz has led a peaceful existence, surrounded by Linda, a young Philippine woman who takes care of him, his neighbor Aviram who never goes out without his dog, and Mali, whose love affair with Ilan, on the other side of the courtyard, never bothered him much. But lately everything seems out of whack. Every day, the building echoes with screaming and yelling. Is it because of Hezi, who has secretly rented an apartment to make love with his mistress Gabi, whose shrieks of pleasure bring all the neighbors out? Or is it because of the new neighbors who extend their apartment, unauthorized, by using the courtyard? Even Mali is in trouble: the building contractor in charge of the work camps out in front of her home with his Chinese workmen. He happens to be her ex-husband. On top of everything, their son Eyal has deserted… A chronicle of everyday life in a building situated on the border between Tel Aviv and Jaffa…
FESTIVALS
• Biennale di Venezia/Mostra d’arte cinematografica 2003 – In competition
• Valladolid: Semana Internacional de Cine 2003
CREDITS
Screenplay Amos Gitai, Marie-José Sanselme (based on Yehoshua Kenaz’s “Returning Lost Loves”)
Cinematography Renato Berta
Editing Kobi Netanel, Monica Coleman
Sound Daniel Ollivier, Alex Claude, Gérard Lamps
Production design Miguel Markin
Costumes Laura Dinulescu
Casting Ilan Moscovitch
Cast Yaël Abecassis, Uri Klauzner, Hanna Laslo, Ronit Elkabetz, Amos Lavie, Lupo Berkowitch, Liron Levo, Yosef Carmon, Amit Mestechkin, Lyn Shiao Zamir, Tomer Ruso, Carmel Betto, Dalit Kahan
Production Agav Hafakot, Hamon Hafakot, I.C.P., (Israel), Agav Films, Arte France Cinéma, Intereurop, M.P. Productions (France)
In association with Canal +, Multithématiques (France), Joshua Rebinowitz Fondation, Israel Film Council (Israel)
Producers Michael Tapuach, Amos Gitai, Laurent Truchot
Coproducers Michel Propper, Alain Mamou-Mani
Line producer Shuki Friedman
Up to now, old Schwartz has led a peaceful existence, surrounded by Linda, a young Philippine woman who takes care of him, his neighbor Aviram who never goes out without his dog, and Mali, whose love affair with Ilan, on the other side of the courtyard, never bothered him much. But lately everything seems out of whack. Every day, the building echoes with screaming and yelling. Is it because of Hezi, who has secretly rented an apartment to make love with his mistress Gabi, whose shrieks of pleasure bring all the neighbors out? Or is it because of the new neighbors who extend their apartment, unauthorized, by using the courtyard? Even Mali is in trouble: the building contractor in charge of the work camps out in front of her home with his Chinese workmen. He happens to be her ex-husband. On top of everything, their son Eyal has deserted… A chronicle of everyday life in a building situated on the border between Tel Aviv and Jaffa…
FESTIVALS
• Biennale di Venezia/Mostra d’arte cinematografica 2003 – In competition
• Valladolid: Semana Internacional de Cine 2003
CREDITS
Screenplay Amos Gitai, Marie-José Sanselme (based on Yehoshua Kenaz’s “Returning Lost Loves”)
Cinematography Renato Berta
Editing Kobi Netanel, Monica Coleman
Sound Daniel Ollivier, Alex Claude, Gérard Lamps
Production design Miguel Markin
Costumes Laura Dinulescu
Casting Ilan Moscovitch
Cast Yaël Abecassis, Uri Klauzner, Hanna Laslo, Ronit Elkabetz, Amos Lavie, Lupo Berkowitch, Liron Levo, Yosef Carmon, Amit Mestechkin, Lyn Shiao Zamir, Tomer Ruso, Carmel Betto, Dalit Kahan
Production Agav Hafakot, Hamon Hafakot, I.C.P., (Israel), Agav Films, Arte France Cinéma, Intereurop, M.P. Productions (France)
In association with Canal +, Multithématiques (France), Joshua Rebinowitz Fondation, Israel Film Council (Israel)
Producers Michael Tapuach, Amos Gitai, Laurent Truchot
Coproducers Michel Propper, Alain Mamou-Mani
Line producer Shuki Friedman
SALES / DISTRIBUTION
AGAV FILMS
6, cour Berard. 75004 Paris – France
+33 (0)1 42 40 48 45
agav@amosgitai.com
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