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Or (My Treasure)
Why this pick
From Jaffa’s director, this is another unsparing, close-observed family drama: a young woman’s devotion collides with the pressures and damage inherited from her mother’s life.
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MOVIE2009 1h 46m DEU
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Jaffa is a mixed Arabic - Jewish seaside city near Tel Aviv, where Reuven Wolf (Moni Moshonov) has a garage for repairing cars. His wife Ossi (Ronit Elkabetz), a vain, self-centered woman, just makes everybody's life difficult.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Dana Ivgy
Mali Wolf
Moni Moshonov
Reuven Wolf
Ronit Elkabetz
Osnat 'Ossi' Wolf
Roy Assaf
Meir Wolf