2007
Israel - France
78min - 35mm - 1.85 - Color - Drama
Original language : Hebrew & English
Cast
Sara Adler
Naama Nissim
Ma-nenita De Latorre
Noa Raban
Gera Sandler
Ilanit Ben Ya’akov
Zaharira Harifai
Credits
Director: Shira Geffen, Etgar Keret
Producer : Amir Harel & Ayelet Kait
Production Company : LAMA PRODUCTIONS LTD
Co-producer : Yaël Fogiel & Laetitia Gonzalez
Co-production Company : LES FILMS DU POISSON
Screenplay : Shira Geffen
Director of photography : Antoine Heberle AFC
Sound : Gil Toren, Olivier Dô Hùu & Aviv Aldema
Music : Christopher Bowen
Editing : Sasha Franklin & François Gédigier
Festivals & Awards
2007 :
Cannes Film - Critics' Week - Golden Camera
Young Critics' prize -SACD prize
San Luis IFFPuntano de Oro for best film
Cine Decouvertes IFF (Brussels)
Melbourne IFF
Toronto IFF
Athens IFF
Warsaw IFF
London IFF
London Jewish IFF
Sydney Jewish IFF
Tapei Golden Horse IFF
San Sebastian IFF
Zagreb IFF
Warsaw Jewish IFF Best Cinematography
Copenhagen IFF
Santa Maria IFF (Portugal)
Seville IFF
Filmex IFF (Tokyo)
Bratislava IFF Special mention of the jury
2008 :
Tromso IFF
Belgrade IFF
Mumbai IFF
Hong Kong IFF
Istanbul IFF
Dublin IFF
Febiofest IFF (Rep Tchèque)
Vilnius IFF
Stockholm Jewish IFF
Barcelona Jewish Film Fest
Sao Paulo Jewish Film Fest
Osian Cinefan India
Tartu IFF
Estonia Jewish Film Fest
Mexico Portimao IFF
2009 :
Kaohsiung Film Festival
Molodist IFF
Jellyfish
Meduzot (Les méduses)
a film by :Etgar Keret & Shira Geffen
At her wedding reception, Keren breaks a leg, unwillingly forcing her to cancel her honeymoon in the Caribbean. A strange little girl comes out of the sea and follows Batya like a shadow; the woman's life is transformed when she takes the little girl under her wing. Joy is a maid from the Philippines working for a tough old woman; unwittingly, she helps the woman reconcile with her estranged daughter A composite film made from scraps of humanity, like so many messages in a bottle verging on the absurd. A portrait of a messy world in which everyone scrapes by as best they can, looking for love and something to remember or to forget. Such is life in Tel Aviv.
Le jour de son mariage, Keren se casse la jambe et doit renoncer à sa lune de miel aux Caraïbes… Une mystérieuse petite fille sortie de la mer change la vie de Batya, la jeune femme qui la recueille et qu’elle suit comme son ombre… Joy, une employée de maison en exil va, sans le vouloir, renouer les liens entre une vieille femme sévère et sa fille… Bouteilles jetées à la mer, fragments d’humanités qui flirtent avec l’absurde…Dans un joyeux désordre chacun cherche sa place, l’amour, l’oubli ou sa mémoire, car telle est la vie à Tel-Aviv…
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