Levana Finkelstein
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Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Sofia, Bulgaria
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The Russian Specialist
Overview: A Russian ex-hit man is called back to Russia for one last job. This time against his former employees, the Russian mob.
Genres: Action Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-11-02
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Aviva, My Love
Overview: Aviva, a hard-working hotel cook in the small northern Israeli town of Tiberias, is on the brink of finally fulfilling her lifelong dream. For years she kept her remarkable writing abilities under wraps, until her sister, Anita, introduces her to Oded, an accomplished novelist. Immediately recognizing Aviva's talent, Oded takes her under his wing, promising to help her achieve greatness. But the journey to greatness effects her life and the lives of her family - her unemployed husband, her trouble children, her unstable mother, and primarily her sister, a funny and sensitive woman who have her own dreams. When Aviva discovered that Oded has other plans for her work, her world collapses.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: he
Release Date: 2006-07-27
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Valley Of Strength
Overview: The story of “Gei Oni” is an historical epic which interweaves the story of the first wave of Jewish European migration to Palestine, at the end of the 19th century, with an unusual love story between Fania, a young Russian immigrant, and Yechiel, a native Jew. Seventeen-year-old Fania, her baby daughter, her elderly uncle, and her emotionally impaired brother arrive at the port of Jaffa, having survived a pogrom in which all other members of their family were killed. Having no real choice, Fania marries Yechiel, a widower whose wife died of malaria, leaving him to care for their two children himself. The two set out to a small settlement near Safed, where Yechiel and a few other daring settlers are trying to cultivate the barren lands which they bought from local Arabs. Fania is burdened by a harrowing secret she is unable to share with anyone else. but unless her husband Yechiel shares her secret, their marriage cannot be consummated.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-07-13
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A Thousand and One Wives
Overview: The Bukharan neighborhood of Jerusalem in the 1920s Naftali is a wealthy trader and a middle-aged widow whose all his former wives have mysteriously passed away and he is afraid to remarry with a belief that he has a curse on him. The matchmaker presses and the old woman coaxes and finally carries Flora, a 24-year-old virgin, but not to infect her with a curse, he avoids any physical contact with her. The plot gets complicated when Flora gets hurt as a result of her relationship with the fabric merchant, and Naftali, who can't bear the shame, turns his anger on his young wife.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: he
Release Date: 1989-02-14
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A Matter of Size
Overview: Four overweight friends from the Israeli city of Ramle are fed up of dieting and the dieting club they belong to. When Herzl (155 kilos), the main protagonist, loses his job as a cook and starts working as a dishwasher in a Japanese restaurant in Ramle he discovers the world of Sumo where large people such as himself are honored and appreciated. Through Kitano (60 kilos), the restaurant owner, a former Sumo coach in Japan (who is supposedly hiding from the Yakuza in Israel), he falls in love with a sport involving "two fatsos in diapers and girly hairdos". Herzl wants Kitano to be their coach but Kitano is reluctant - they first have to earn their spurs. "A MATTER OF SIZE" is a comedy about a ‘coming out’ of a different kind - overweight people learning to accept themselves.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: he
Release Date: 2009-04-27
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Let the Party Begin
Overview: After winning the best film award at the Cannes Film Festival, the legendary film producer - Yonatan Harel, is facing bankruptcy due to a chain of anomalies in the film budgets and investors who withdrew their investment due to the Corona virus. Jonathan tries to survive and save his life, with the help of his lawyer and close friend. On the occasion of winning the Cannes Orit festival, his wife throws him a surprise party and invites the entire film industry, and the professionals he worked with: Gadi Harush, the legendary actor and borderline personality, and the stars of his winning film, Eli Gold and Dafna. Jonathan decides to monitor the entire house with cameras and what he discovers will be beyond his wildest imagination.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: he
Release Date: 2023-05-18
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I Love You Rosa
Overview: This story centers on the Jewish practice that requires an unmarried brother to marry the childless widow of his dead brother. In this story the younger brother is only 12 years old when his brother dies. The requirement is avoided by a legal fiction, but as time passes in the story, the situation changes.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: he
Release Date: 1972-02-12
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Tzanani Family
Overview: One of the most loved Israeli comedy at all times. A Satiric comedy about a rival between Yemenite shoe seller and a Parsian shoe seller.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: he
Release Date: 1976-01-01
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Silent
Overview: The life of Avihao (Morris Cohen), a television personality with an excessively big mouth, is getting more and more complicated: his mother Sarah (Levna Finkelstein) stopped talking, fell into complete silence and his father does not understand why. Aviv (Oshari Cohen), his beloved former student, unexpectedly becomes the leading candidate in the prime ministerial elections even though no one knows what he has to say. He doesn't give interviews, doesn't talk, doesn't give speeches - he just stays silent all the way to victory, a silence that challenges Avihao to the point of risking his career and his family.
Genres: Thriller Family Drama
Original Language: he
Release Date: 2022-11-01
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Rocking Horse
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: he
Release Date: 1978-01-01
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After His Death
Overview: After the death of her father, Ayelet discovers that he had an affair with a man. Ayelet confronts her mother, and discovers that she knew about it. Ayelet decides to invite her father's lover to his grave, despite her mother's opinion.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: he
Release Date: 2017-09-16
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The Farewell Party
Overview: A group of friends at a Jerusalem retirement home build a machine for self-euthanasia in order to help their terminally ill friend. When rumors of the machine begin to spread, more and more people ask for their help, and the friends are faced with an emotional dilemma
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: he
Release Date: 2014-09-03
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Jewish Vendetta
Overview: Russian immigrant Natan finds out that his wife had an affair with his best friend. He travels to Russia intending to kill his friend and regain his honor, but his son and the local “mafia” bring it all to a romantic end.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: he
Release Date: 1999-01-21
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Aya: Imagined Autobiography
Overview: Aya is a woman who, since early childhood, has been driven by her father's ambition to see her become successful. Now she is shooting a film and fragments of dreams and fantasy alternate with reality.
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Original Language: he
Release Date: 1994-01-02
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Women
Overview: Love, family expectations, and religion mix in 19th century Jerusalem. Jacob and Rebecca marry; he's a rabbi, she's dutiful and loving. But she has no children. Months become years. Although Jacob is content, his mother reminds everyone she is waiting for a grandson. After 15 years, Rebecca determines that Jacob must take an additional wife, the young and beautiful Sultana. Rebecca fasts and prays, and in a state of near ecstasy, persuades everyone involved and then arranges an elaborate wedding. However, Sultana does not conceive, and Rebecca watches helplessly as Jacob's affection shifts to Sultana. She's near madness and the household is in turmoil. What can Rebecca do now?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-01-02
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The Kind Words
Overview: Follows three brothers who are going to discover the greatest secret of their late mother. This trip is going to change their lives.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: he
Release Date: 2015-05-28
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Diana’s Child
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Original Language: he
Release Date: 2005-01-01
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Cat's Luck
Overview: Beni and Reuven, childhood friends and brothers-in-law, work together as TV technicians. They are called for a simple repair job in a place they find abandoned and unlocked, with the door wide open. Inside, they are surprised to find a dead body, unaware that the crime scene they have stumbled upon belongs to a known criminal. They make every possible mistake, turning themselves into the prime suspects of the murder case. From this point forward, they try to stay away from both the crime family and the police.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: he
Release Date: 2024-06-05
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The War After
Overview: A story of an army colonel who is fighting the accusations in committing war crime but his only witness is comatose in the hospital.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: he
Release Date: 1991-05-23
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Safe Space
Overview: A girl and an elderly woman meet in a shelter and connect through a teddy bear that the elderly neighbor sews.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-06-28
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My Margo
Overview: A love story between two people from different cultures and the relatives who manage to separate them until the lovers again find each other.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: he
Release Date: 1969-01-01
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Dreams of Innocence
Overview: Little Benjamin and Margalit are raised in the boondocks of Israel by their long-suffering mother, but they have in them something of their father, who can't stay in a place with no prospect of riches and excitement.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-12-08
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The Israeli Boys
Overview: Secrets, lies, surprises and more are explored in this rich selection of gay short films from Israel. The 6 short films are: Three (2018); A Trip to the Desert (2016); Rubber Dolphin (2018); Stav (2018); After His Death (2017); Leave of Absence (2016).
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-02-06
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The Little Traitor
Overview: Based on the novel "Panther in the Basement" by the world-renowned author, Amos Oz, the movie takes place in Palestine in 1947, just a few months before Israel becomes a state. Proffy Liebowitz, a militant yet sensitive eleven year old wants nothing more than for the occupying British to get the hell out of his land.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-09-01
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Bliss
Overview: Sassi is more than 20 years older than his wife Effi and is worried about his declining powers. Surgery has left him seeking treatment for impotence, but Effi insists she’s content with their emotional closeness. In her work as a physical therapist, though, Effi sees the link between body and heart every day. The biggest challenge to their loving relationship has been the gambling debts Sassi’s adult son keeps running up. But the couple’s fragile understanding, compounded by the presence of two young men, introduces new threats. Their teenage grandson, Omri, returns from living with his father in Europe, at loose ends and clearly in need of guidance. For one thing, he can barely stand to wear a shirt. Then a young patient turns up at the swimming pool where Effi conducts therapy sessions. He comes to confront her about something from their past, something complicated, contested, and painful to them both.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: he
Release Date: 2024-06-06
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