Alila (2004)

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NR | 2 hr 2 mins | Comedy, Drama, Foreign | Released: 2/27/2004 |Box Office Total: $48493

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Synopsis:

The intertwining stories of over a dozen distinct characters who inhabit an apartment complex located in a rundown neighborhood of Tel Aviv. Holocaust survivor Schwartz has enjoyed a peaceful existence living in his small apartment with Linda, a young Filipino who comes regularly to give him medication and company. But recently, Schwartz's treasured silence has been replaced by a cacophony of bangs, loud sounds and aggressive voices. One of the many obtrusive men audible to Schwartz is Hezi. He recently rented one of the nearby apartments in the building for a secret rendezvous with a beautiful and self-deprecating woman named Gabi. Their intense, unequal and often-violent love affair turns Gabi's life into a public and dissonant garble of psychological pain and physical pleasure. Also disrupting Schwartz's rest is a group of illegal Chinese construction workers who expand one of the apartments into the courtyard, without the landlord's permission. Divorcee Mali has her own problems as well. Their neighbors' construction workers have been contracted by her ex-husband Ezra, who is himself unwilling to give up his regular rapport with Mali and let her continue her life with a new young boyfriend. And to make matters worse, their son Eyal is missing after having deserted his military service.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
2/27/2004

Director	Credit
Amos Gitai	Director
Cast	Credit
Yael Abecassis	Gabi
Uri Klauzner	Ezra
Hanna Laszlo	Mali
Ronit Elkabetz	Ronit
Amos Lavie	Hezi
Liron Levo	Ilan
Lupo Berkowitch	Aviram
Yosef Carmon	Schwartz
Amit Mestechkin	Eyal
Lyn Shiao Zamir	Linda
Production Credits	Credit
Michel Propper	Co-Producer
Amos Gitai	Producer
Alain Mamou-Mani	Co-Producer
Michael Tapuach	Producer
Laurent Truchot	Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Hamon	Production Company
MP Productions	Production Company
Agav Hafakot	Production Company
Cie/Arte France Cinema	Production Company
Agav Films	Production Company
ICP	Production Company
Intereurop	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Kino Productions	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Kino Video	Domestic Video Distributor
Mars Films	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Writer	Credit
Amos Gitai	Screenplay
Yehoshua Kenaz	Source Material
Marie-Jose Sanselme	Screenplay
Art Department	Credit
Miguel Markin	Production Designer
Film Camera	Credit
Renato Berta	Director of Photography
Film Sales Financing	Credit
Canal +	Funding
Celluloid Nightmares	Foreign Distribution Sales
Music	Credit
Pri Ganech	Music
Production Management	Credit
Shuki Friedman	Line Producer
Sound	Credit
Daniel Olivier	Sound Engineer
Alex Claude	Sound Engineer
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Laura Dinulesco	Costume Designer

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