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Jaffa
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Title: Jaffa

Release Date: 10 Jun 2009

Runtime: 1h 46m

Genre: Drama

Director: MEDIA Programme of the European Union, Bizibi, Transfax Film Productions, Rohfilm, Rabinovich Film Fund Cinema Project, Keshet Broadcasting, Canal+, ARTE France Cinéma, Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung

Production Companies: MEDIA Programme of the European Union, Bizibi, Transfax Film Productions, Rohfilm, Rabinovich Film Fund Cinema Project, Keshet Broadcasting, Canal+, ARTE France Cinéma, Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung

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.

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Average Vote: 5.9 (17 votes)

Cast

  • Mali Wolf: Dana Ivgy
  • Reuven Wolf: Moni Moshonov
  • Osnat 'Ossi' Wolf: Ronit Elkabetz
  • Hassan: Hussein Yassin Mahajne
  • Meir Wolf: Roy Assaf
  • Shiran Wolf: Lili Ivgy
  • Naima: Zenabh Mahrab
  • Evtesam: Suma Zenabh
  • Aunt Suzi: Dalia Beger
  • : Mahmoud Shalaby
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