Ronit Elkabetz

Hassan, çöllerin prensi, Mısır kralı tarafından Zarafa'yı Fransa'ya götürmekle görevlendirilir. Ama Maki Hassan'ın bu görevini yerine getirmesini önlemek, zürafayı yeniden doğduğu topraklara götürmek için -ki bu hayatını riske atmak anlamına gelse de- her şeyi yapacaktı, çünkü bebek zürafanın annesine söz vermişti. İskenderiye, Marsilya ve karlı Alpler üzerinden ilerleyerek Sudan'dan Paris'e gerçekleşen bu epik yolculuk sırasında başlarından geçen bir çok maceraya tanıklık edeceğiz.

İsrail’de ne resmi nikah ne de resmi boşanma vardır. Yalnızca hahamlar nikah kıyıp evli çiftleri boşayabilirler. Ancak evliliğin bitebilmesi için kocanın rızası gerekir, öyle ki bu kararda koca yargıçtan daha fazla yetkiye sahiptir. Viviane Amsalem üç yıldır boşanmak için girişimde bulunmaktadır. Fakat kocası Elisha buna razı olmaz. Kocanın uzlaşmaz, katı tutumu, Vivian’ın özgürlüğünü kazanma konusundaki kararlılığı ve yargıçların işlevinin muğlaklığı sonucunda saçmalıkla yarışan bir trajedi ortaya çıkar ve esas mesele dışında her şey yargılanır.

French Cinema Mon Amour is an ensemble film in which each contributor brings their own voice, their own particular approach, their culture, and their language to produce a portrait of French cinema.

Bol ödüllü bir İsrail yapımı… Arap Kültür Merkezi'nin açılış töreninde çalmak üzere Mısır'dan yola çıkan polis bandosunu İsrail'e geldiğinde karşılayan olmaz Adresi kendi başlarına bulmak için yola koyulan bando üyeleri bir otobüs tutar Ancak bu da işe yaramaz ve bando, çölün ortasındaki bir kasabada mahsur kalır Kafe sahibi Dina, ertesi sabaha kadar şehre dönme şansı olmayan bando üyelerine geceyi kendi evinde geçirmelerini teklif eder Gece boyunca bando lideri Tevfik ile Dina arasında duygusal bir diyalog gelişir.

Jeanne is a young woman, striking but otherwise without qualities. Her mother tries to get her a job in the office of a lawyer, Bleistein, her lover years ago. Jeanne fails the interview but falls into a relationship with Franck, a wrestler whose dreams and claims of being in a legitimate business partnership Jeanne is only too happy to believe. When Franck is arrested, he turns on Jeanne for her naivety; she's stung and seeks attention by making up a story of an attack on a train. Is there any way out for her?

A 14 year old boy, an ER doctor, a cop looking for revenge, a mother fighting for her children and a man distraught by the death of his wife see their destinies come together. As the doctor spends several days in a coma, events keep on happening and all will be swept by the shock wave.

Or shoulders a lot: she's 17 or 18, a student, works evenings at a restaurant, recycles cans and bottles for cash, and tries to keep her mother Ruthie from returning to streetwalking in Tel Aviv. Ruthie calls Or "my treasure," but Ruthie is a burden. She's just out of hospital, weak, and Or has found her a job as a house cleaner. The call of the quick money on the street is tough for Ruthie to ignore. Or's emotions roil further when the mother of the youth she's in love with comes to the flat to warn her off. With love fading and Ruthie perhaps beyond help, Or's choices narrow.

Zaza is a 31-year old Israeli bachelor, handsome and intelligent, and his family wants to see him married. But tradition dictates that Zaza has to choose a young virgin. She must be beautiful and from a good family, preferably rich. Zaza's parents, Yasha and Lily drag Zaza to meet potential brides and their families. Zaza has no choice. He plays along with his family, advocates of the suffocating traditions of their Georgian Jewish heritage. But Zaza always manages to somehow get out of being engaged. What his parents don't know is that Zaza is already in love. Judith is sensuous, strong and intriguing. She's also a divorcée with a 6-year-old daughter. So Zaza has kept Judith a secret from his family. He will have to choose between respect of the strict confines of family and tradition, or the love of his life.

Şabat'tan üç gün önce 1979'da İsrail'in Hayfa kentinde geçen hikaye; üç çocuk yetiştirmeye, evden çalışmaya ve ailesinin katı Fas geleneklerini gözlemlemeye çalışan genç kadın Viviane'yi ele almaktadır. Viviane kendisini evli kalmasını, sevilme ve özgür olma kavramlarını geride bırakmasını isteyen kocası ve erkek kardeşleriyle sürekli çelişki içerisinde bulur.

With this two-part feature documentary, Shlomi Elkabetz shares a poignant love letter to his sister, the late actress and director Ronit Elkabetz, and delivers a rare cinematic experience.

The final part of a family trilogy by Ronit and Shlomi Elkabetz. It follows Viviane Amsalem's grueling legal marathon to obtain a divorce.

Life in a Tel Aviv apartment complex, an urban mosaic whose seedy characters, try as they might, can't get out of one another's faces. Gabi, a bobbed haired sexpot, and her lover Hezi—who's older, balding and married—rent a room to have an affair, while Ezra, a pot bellied divorcee, supervises an illegal construction site next door. All this racket drives Schwartz, a Holocaust survivor, to a mental breakdown. Other characters include illegal Chinese immigrants, a teenage boy who's afraid to serve in the army, and a corrupt police detective.

Tel Aviv yakınlarındaki Jaffa'da Araplar ile Yahudiler birarada yaşar. Reuven'in (Moni Moshonov) de Jaffa'nın merkezinde bir garajı vardır. Kızı Mali (Dana Ivgy), oğlu Meir (Ro'i Asaf) ile birlikte Filistinli Toufik (Mahmud Shalaby) de burada çalışır. Hiç kimse yıllardan beridir Mali ile Toufik arasında bir ilişki olduğundan şüphelenmemiştir. Ta ki iki genç kendi aralarında evlilik hazırlıklarına başlayana dek… İlişkilerinin ortaya çıkmasıyla Meir ve Toufik arasında da tansiyon hızla yükselir.

Exiled from her country since her husband's murder ten years earlier, Judith lives in Marseille with her three children. After having refused to see her family for years, Judith, in spite of her fears and secrets, allows herself to be influenced by her children's wishes and accepts an invitation to their cousin's wedding. They set off to spend a summer in the old country, discovering their roots and their past. But Judith's return revives old hatreds between rival clans. The spiral of violence is inexorably set in motion, blood will tell...

A Jewish Moroccan immigrant family living in Israel is nearly destroyed by conflicts resulting from generational differences in this arresting Israeli drama. It begins as Cheli, a successful but emotionally troubled talk show host who has been unable to deal with her traumatic childhood is traveling to attend her father's funeral. She is accompanied by her mentally ill sister Pnina and her adopted estranged daughter. It is a hellish trip and as they travel, flashbacks chronicle their painful youth. Rachel had always wanted to break away from her family's Moroccan heritage and so spent much time trying make herself fit in with her Israeli peers. She was humiliated by her poor, ignorant family. Her father was an overbearing, blindly religious fanatic and their mother was a witch who manipulated the family by casting spells. She feared her mother, and despised her insane sister, to whom she was very cruel.

Eddie, an unemployed actor gets in troubles with a group of criminals.

Barbara is a filmmaker who has been working in the prison environment for a few years now. She is preparing a film written and directed by long-term inmates in a prison in the projects around Paris. Twice a week, Barbara goes to the prison where she shoots interviews with the inmates which will serve as a basis for the writing of their screenplay.

Zion, 14, and his brother Meir, 17, are facing a crisis in their relationship after a terrible accident. They keep the secret to themselves and it haunts them until, finally, Zion re-examines his loyalty towards his older brother and decides that he is ready to take responsibility for his own life.

The Ohaion family is mourning the death of one of their relatives. In keeping with tradition, they gather together in the home of the deceased and stay there for seven days. Forced to put up with one another day and night, the brothers and sisters soon let their bitterness and arguments override the sense of communal reverence. The atmosphere becomes unbearable and long-buried truths finally surface.

At the age of 13, Yoni is growing up. Fast. But not fast enough for this diminutive young man who is obsessed with getting bigger, taller and stronger. On the eve of his Bar Mitzvah, Yoni has no choice but to “become a man” when he’s faced with the unexpected return of his autistic brother who he has not seen for almost ten years.

Patrick Morel has his limits tested when he's thrown in jail after a misunderstanding with the lovely Sonia and the brash Youssef, all three of them bound for deportation until a last-ditch escape frees them in more ways than one.

Scar holds a special place in the development and oeuvre of Ronit Elkabetz: it’s her first work as a co-screenwriter, and her sole work for someone other than herself or her brother, Shlomi.

Shmaya (Shuli Rand), a small-time magician whose career consists of gigs at local venues in the north of Israel, meets Oshra (Ronit Elkabetz) at one of his shows, who possesses genuine mystical powers. Shmaya makes Oshra part of his act and together, they perform real-life feats of magic and miracles before their slack-jawed audiences. Meanwhile, Shmaya’s father – a holy man with his own loyal following, is dying. He asks his followers to bring him his estranged son, so that he can take his place after his death and lead their community. Shmaya does just that and goes on to become a spiritual leader. However, his ongoing attraction to Oshra is now on a collision course with his new calling.

"Parashat HaShavua" follows four families through a dramatic year of their lives. Love, hate, friendships and secrets mixes up when the families connect.

The economic situation is a nightmare: only 20% of the population is employed. The Actives live inside the city. On the fringes, in the Zone, live the Jobless. Separating them is a wall.