Dalit Kahan Movies
Israeli filmmaker Oded Davidoff directs the thriller Clean Sweep, adapted by Gal Zaid from a novel by Limor Nachmias. Yael Hadar stars as tough undercover cop Aya Masterichi, who fears she's getting set up by her boyfriend Reuven Shechter (Alon Abutbul). She goes out on her own investigation to bust drug lord Patrick Sarusi (played by screenwriter Zaid). Along the way, she makes friends with stoner Iftah (Tomer Sharon) and his roommate Shuli (Dalit Kahan). Clean Sweep was shown at the 2003 Vancouver Jewish Film Festival. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Yael Hadar, Alon Abutbul, (more)
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)
- 1996
Those interested in the complexities of Israeli politics will be most in tune with this documentary exploration of the reaction that followed the assassination of leader Yitzhak Rabin in late 1995. The film's centerpiece is a three-part interview with Lea, Rabin's widow. This is interlaced with interviews with rock singer Aviv Geffen, the last person Rabin embraced, and military leaders Uri Simchoni and Avner Hakohen, both of whom served with Rabin in the 1973 war. Filmmaker Amos Gitai also offers his own personal insights and reactions as well as those from passerby. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
