Nataly Atia Movies
Amos Gitai directed this Israeli-French family comedy-drama, the second film in a trilogy about contemporary Israeli cities. A Jewish woman, Hanna (Hanna Maron), runs a bakery with her Arab husband Yussef (Yussef Abu Warda), while their son Moshe (Moshe Ivgi) has problems with his wife Didi (Dalit Kahan). With a proposed retail mall in the future, Yussef feels there are inherent political implications if he were to sell the bakery to the Israeli developer. Shown at the Montreal World Film Festival. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Moshe Ivgi, Hanna Maron, (more)
An affectionate portrait of a family whose members are behaving at their worst. The story of There Was No War in '72 begins from the point of view of Yoni (Adam Abulafia), the beleaguered son of an overbearing businessman (Shmuel Edelman). To the intense disappointment of his father, Yoni has just been kicked out of his private school for poor grades, and his American mother (Ava Haddad) is trying to get him to go to the boarding school she has cajoled into accepting him. However, he would prefer just to hang around and make his father's life miserable. As the film progresses, the father's perspective about his son becomes understandable, as on the occasion when the boy snitches on his mother, who is having an affair. This film is in Hebrew and English. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
