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Special Program (1)
Israeli masterpiece



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1963 / 88 min.
Dir. Menahem GOLAN
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The directorial debut film by Menahem GOLAN who would later become a major Hollywood producer. This gangland masterpiece set in the Jaffa district of Tel Aviv portrays a man striving to live an upstanding life becoming entangled in the webs of his past.
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1964 / 110 min.
Dir. Epfraim KISHON
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Ephraim KISHON's debut film is representative of the dawn of Israeli cinema. The protagonist's various means to earn money in order to live in a spacious home with his family who immigrated with him to Israel is depicted in this satiric comedy. Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards.
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1967 / 90 min.
Dir. Uri ZOHAR
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An adaptation of Abraham B. YEHOSHUA's short story about the emotional confusion of a man who ends up looking after his ex-girlfriend's child for three days. Selected for competition at the Cannes Film Festival, where Oded KOTLER was awarded Best Actor.
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1986 / 84 min.
Dir. Rafi BUKAI
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The directorial debut of filmmaker Rafi BUKAI, who died prematurely. This classic war film that delivers an anti-war message is told from the perspectives of two Egyptian soldiers who take flight through the Sinai Peninsula bound for the Suez Canal toward the end of the Six-Day War. An award winner at the Locarno International Film Festival.
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