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FEATURE FILM

1998

97' – 35 mm – Color – Israel, France, Italy

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

SALES / DISTRIBUTION

AGAV FILMS

6, cour Berard. 75004 Paris

France

+33 (0)1 42 40 48 45

agav@amosgitai.com

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