Alila

feature film, 2003.

DIRECTED BY: Amos Gitai

Alila

CAST:
Yaël Abecassis (Gabi),
Hana Laszlo (Mali),
Uri Klauzner (Ezra),
Ronit Elkabetz (Ronit),
Amos Lavi (Hezi)

SCRIPT:
Amos Gitai,
Marie-Jose Sanselme (prema romanu Yehoshue Kenaza)

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Renato Berta

Synopsis:
We follow the lives of several inhabitants of the same apartment building in modern day Tel Aviv. Gabi is having an affair with the older, married Hezi. In order to keep their relationship a secret, Hezi rents an apartment, which draws the attention of some of the building’s other inhabitants. With the help of illegal workers, Ezra builds another wing on the building, but the noise of the construction bothers Schwartz, a Holocaust survivor. Ezra’s former wife Mali lives in the same building with her lover, while their teenage son tries to avoid military service.

35 mm, color, 122 min