FEATURE FILM
Yom Yom
Moshe, in his forties, lives in Haifa, and his life is difficult, to say the least. His wife wants a divorce, his mistress is sleeping with his best friend, his mother calls him Moshe, and his father calls him Moussa. His mother is Jewish, his father Arab. This film is the second part of the trilogy about Israeli cities.
PRESS
Yom Yom is set in a time of moral and political confusion that seems almost idyllic by today’s inflamed standards… The film is structured as a series of vignettes: Should Yussef (Moshe’s father) sell his childhood home to an Israeli developer? Should Moshe and his wife Didi stay together? These small dilemmas play out against the backdrop of a much greater compass – where is the country headed? From her perch high above events, Mimi (Keren Mor), a traffic controller, watches over the chaos bemusedly. Part of a trilogy of films devoted to Israel’s three main cities, Yom Yom draws upon Haifa’s tradition of peaceful coexistence between Arab and Jewish neighbors to tell a dark comic tale of characters driven by divided loyalties and neurotic inhibitions. Gitai’s genius is to show the conflict infiltrating every encounter, from the marketplace to the bedroom and beyond. The vivid portraits of Israeli social types, whether arrogant reservists or hapless nebbishes, stand in sharp contrast to images promoted in the media.
Leslie Camhi, The Village Voice, 2001
FESTIVALS
• Biennale di Venezia/Mostra d’arte cinematografica 1998 – Out of competition
• Jerusalem Film Festival 1998 – Grand prix
• Festival des 3 continents 1998 (Nantes, France) – Moshe Ivgi, Best Actor Award
CREDITS
Screenplay Amos Gitai, Jacky Cukier
Cinematography Renato Berta
Editing Nili Richter, Ruben Korenfeld
Sound Michel Kharat
Music Philippe Eidel, Josef Bardanshvilly
Production design Thierry François, Miguel Markin
Costumes Heifi Boham
Casting Ilan Moscovitch
Cast Moshe Ivgi, Hanna Maron, Yussef Abu Warda, Dalit Kahan, Juliano Mer-Khamis, Anne Petit-Legrange, Nataly Atiya, Ghassan Abbas, Keren Mor
Production Agav Films, Cinema Factory (Israel) / M.P. Production (France)
In association with Canal +, La Sept/Arte (France), Mikado film, Rai 2 (Italy), Telad (Israel)
Moshe, in his forties, lives in Haifa, and his life is difficult, to say the least. His wife wants a divorce, his mistress is sleeping with his best friend, his mother calls him Moshe, and his father calls him Moussa. His mother is Jewish, his father Arab. This film is the second part of the trilogy about Israeli cities.
PRESS
Yom Yom is set in a time of moral and political confusion that seems almost idyllic by today’s inflamed standards… The film is structured as a series of vignettes: Should Yussef (Moshe’s father) sell his childhood home to an Israeli developer? Should Moshe and his wife Didi stay together? These small dilemmas play out against the backdrop of a much greater compass – where is the country headed? From her perch high above events, Mimi (Keren Mor), a traffic controller, watches over the chaos bemusedly. Part of a trilogy of films devoted to Israel’s three main cities, Yom Yom draws upon Haifa’s tradition of peaceful coexistence between Arab and Jewish neighbors to tell a dark comic tale of characters driven by divided loyalties and neurotic inhibitions. Gitai’s genius is to show the conflict infiltrating every encounter, from the marketplace to the bedroom and beyond. The vivid portraits of Israeli social types, whether arrogant reservists or hapless nebbishes, stand in sharp contrast to images promoted in the media.
Leslie Camhi, The Village Voice, 2001
FESTIVALS
• Biennale di Venezia/Mostra d’arte cinematografica 1998 – Out of competition
• Jerusalem Film Festival 1998 – Grand prix
• Festival des 3 continents 1998 (Nantes, France) – Moshe Ivgi, Best Actor Award
CREDITS
Screenplay Amos Gitai, Jacky Cukier
Cinematography Renato Berta
Editing Nili Richter, Ruben Korenfeld
Sound Michel Kharat
Music Philippe Eidel, Josef Bardanshvilly
Production design Thierry François, Miguel Markin
Costumes Heifi Boham
Casting Ilan Moscovitch
Cast Moshe Ivgi, Hanna Maron, Yussef Abu Warda, Dalit Kahan, Juliano Mer-Khamis, Anne Petit-Legrange, Nataly Atiya, Ghassan Abbas, Keren Mor
Production Agav Films, Cinema Factory (Israel) / M.P. Production (France)
In association with Canal +, La Sept/Arte (France), Mikado film, Rai 2 (Italy), Telad (Israel)
SALES / DISTRIBUTION
AGAV FILMS
6, cour Berard. 75004 Paris – France
+33 (0)1 42 40 48 45
agav@amosgitai.com