Fictitious Marriage (1988)
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Eldad (Shlomo Bar-Abba) is a schoolteacher scheduled to fly to New York from Tel Aviv in this comedy and social satire. When he reaches the airport, he leaves his luggage on the floor and takes a taxi to a cheap downtown hotel. His luggage is recovered by airport security who goes to interview Eldad's wife (Ofra Weingarten) and kids. Irith Sheleg plays the reception clerk who dreams of meeting a man who will whisk her off to America. Eldad passes himself off as a uneducated, impoverished Arab to hide his identity. Yossi Sayava plays the inspector who looks into Eldad's disappearance. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi
- Starring:
- Shlomo Bar-Abba, Irith Sheleg, (more)
- Director(s):
- Haim Bouzaglo
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of Fictitious Marriage
Eldad (Shlomo Bar-Abba) is a schoolteacher scheduled to fly to New York from Tel Aviv in this comedy and social satire. When he reaches the airport, he leaves his luggage on the floor and takes a taxi to a cheap downtown hotel. His luggage is recovered by airport security who goes to interview Eldad's wife (Ofra Weingarten) and kids. Irith Sheleg plays the reception clerk who dreams of meeting a man who will whisk her off to America. Eldad passes himself off as a uneducated, impoverished Arab to hide his identity. Yossi Sayava plays the inspector who looks into Eldad's disappearance. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 88 mins
Complete Cast of Fictitious Marriage
- Shlomo Bar-Abba - Eldad
- Ofra Weingarten - Eldad's Wife
- Yossi Savaya - Inspector
- Adiv Gehshan - Kamel
- Irith Sheleg - Reception Clerk
- Idith Tepersohn - Painter
- Eli Yatzpan - Bashir
- Director(s):
- Haim Bouzaglo
- Writer(s):
- Yossi Savaya
- Producer(s):
- Michael Sharfstein
- Categories:
- Comedy
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