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5.9In the city of Jaffa; a young girl plans to run away with her secret lover, when a tragedy forever changes the course of their lives. Jaffa is a mixed Arabic - Jewish seaside city near Tel Aviv, where Reuven Wolf (Moni Moshonov) has a garage for repairing cars. His wife Ossi (Ronit Elkabetz), a vain, self-centered woman, just makes everybody's life difficult. The couple's daughter, Mali Wolf (Dana Ivgy), has secretly fallen in love with her childhood friend, the young Toufik (newcomer Mahmud Shalaby), a hard-working youth who has come as a helping hand to his Israeli-Arab father Hassan, a long-time mechanic working for Reuven.
Cast
- Dana Ivgy as Mali Wolf
- Moni Moshonov as Reuven Wolf
- Ronit Elkabetz as Osnat 'Ossi' Wolf
- Hussein Yassin Mahajne as Hassan
- Roy Assaf as Meir Wolf
- Lili Ivgy as Shiran Wolf
Themes
- woman director
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Participant in
- 22nd European Film Awards
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- Germany
- Original language
- Arabic
- Main subject
- Arab–Israeli conflict
- Director
- Keren Yedaya
- Screenwriter
- Keren Yedaya
- Narrative location
- Tel Aviv
- Duration
- 104
- FilmAffinity ID
- 984238
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 2009-01-01
- title
- Jaffa
- Commons category
- Jaffa - movie
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 50%
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Article · Deutsch
Jaffa (die gleichnamige Stadt trägt den Beinamen „Braut des Meeres“) ist ein Film der israelischen Regisseurin und erzählt von einer „verbotenen“ Liebe zwischen einer Jüdin und einem Araber. Die mit deutsch-französischer Beteiligung entstandene Produktion von 2009 lief im gleichen Jahr in Cannes außerhalb des Wettbewerbs.
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