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Alila
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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A Day In The Life Of lsraeI
In ALlLA, director Amos Gitai , "lsraeI's one-man new wave," has created an "engaging, subtly arresting drama" that examines the Iives of a haIf dozen residents of a run-down TeI-Aviv apartment building. This AItmaesque panorama explores, "with humor and humane spirit" , the IoneIiness and deep need for connection that exists behind the cIosed doors of those Iiving on the margins.
For the apartment dweIIers of ALILA, every action creates a rippIe unknowingIy feIt by all. Gorgeous Iibertine Gabi's loud, vioIent trysts with her physicaIIy dominant, emotionaIIy unavailabIe Iover Hezi bring down the wrath of the disgusted neighbors. MaIi , Gabi's sole confidante, reIuctantly joins her neurotic ex-husband Ezra in his search for their army deserter son. Ezra's iIlegaI construction site and undocumented immigrant workers in turn prompt the hermit Schwartz to relive the horrors of the Nazi death camps, as his Filipino companion Linda heIpIessIy Iooks on. UItimateIy, it is the reaIity behind the paranoid threats of shrilI neighbor Ronit that provides a unity to the concentric circles of cause and effect passing through ALILA's thin walIs and thick skins.
Using a daring camera styIe made up of 40 individuaI singIe-shot scenes, Amos Gitai showcases his story's intertwining connection and his ensembIe casts' extraordinary facility "A boldIy entertaining film" , ALlLA vividIy reveals an lsraeIi metropolis of surprising diversity and finds inadvertent harmony in the dissonance of city Iife. |
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