Shmelky

Overview

The absurdist comedy-drama is centred around a Shmelky puppet (something like a Jewish version of the Muppet Show heroes), which experiences an identity crisis traditional for comedy actors: he thinks of himself as a grand dramatic artist and doesn’t want to sing songs about Shabbat and Mitzvahs in a children’s show anymore. Instead, he wants to perform in a hideous one-man show that he wrote. After his attempts to get rid of the role he is stuck in fail, Shmelky falls into despair - until the entire country, brought up on his simple shows, says to him: “In our complicated world the Chosen People very much need a purple puppet who tells them about Mitzvahs.”

Details

Status

Released

Release date

October 10, 2018

Original language

Hebrew

Spoken languages

Hebrew

Countries

Israel

Cast

Dotan Elad,Esti Zakheim,Chaim Rothstein Rothstein,Lior Naor

Director

Raanan Rosenbaum

Writer

Raanan Rosenbaum

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt9074992