Jaffa

Overview

In the city of Jaffa; a young girl plans to run away with her secret lover, when a tragedy forever changes the course of their lives. Jaffa is a mixed Arabic - Jewish seaside city near Tel Aviv, where Reuven Wolf (Moni Moshonov) has a garage for repairing cars. His wife Ossi (Ronit Elkabetz), a vain, self-centered woman, just makes everybody's life difficult. The couple's daughter, Mali Wolf (Dana Ivgy), has secretly fallen in love with her childhood friend, the young Toufik (newcomer Mahmud Shalaby), a hard-working youth who has come as a helping hand to his Israeli-Arab father Hassan, a long-time mechanic working for Reuven.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

June 10, 2009

Original language

Hebrew

Spoken languages

arabic, hebrew

Countries

France, Germany, Israel

Production

Canal+,Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg,MEDIA Programme of the European Union,ARTE France Cinéma,Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM),Rohfilm,Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung,Bizibi,Transfax Film Productions,Keshet Broadcasting,Rabinovich Film Fund Cinema Project,MEDIA Programme of the European Union, Bizibi, Transfax Film Productions, Rohfilm, Rabinovich Film Fund Cinema Project, Keshet Broadcasting, Canal+, ARTE France Cinéma, Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt1406160