Lasha Rosenberg Movies

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Goodbye, New York: 1985; R

Never mind the title: Goodbye, New York mostly takes place in Israel. Julie Hagerty plays Nancy Callighan, a spoiled Irish-Jewish lass who decides to see the world after her husband has betrayed her. En route to Paris by plane, Nancy takes a few too many sedatives, and when she awakens, she's in Tel Aviv, minus money and luggage. Latching onto a cabdriver (Amos Kollek), Nancy settles in a Kibbutz, where she is subjected to traditional limitations on her freedom of choice and movement. Before long, however, she has adjusted to her new lifestyle. With the arrival of her husband, however, Nancy is faced with a momentous decision: should she give up all that she now holds near and dear, or should she return to New York. A darkly funny plot twist makes our heroine's mind up in record time. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Starring:: Julie Hagerty, Amos Kollek, (more)

Ad Soff Halayla: 1985

An engaging family drama that highlights the effects of a father's personality on those closest to him, Ad Soff Halayla is speaking to wider issues of human relationships. Bernard (Yoseph Millo) is a lifetime agnostic, a respectable physician, and a man not given to showing emotion. Bernard marries Ruth (Orna Porath) in Germany, and they later emigrate to Israel. Years go by, and their grown son Giora (Assaf Dayan) is drummed out of the military on false charges. This nearly drives Giora to the brink because he had hoped for a military career, and so in order to survive he manages a bar in Tel Aviv -- and takes to philandering and drinking as well. Bernard's life is in shambles when Ruth tires of their staid existence and leaves to be on her own -- and now both father and son have to iron out the differences that separate them.
~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide