Cupcakes

Cupcakes

92 mins | Comedy | March 13, 2013

A group of friends in a Tel Aviv suburb get together to watch Universong, a Eurovision-like television song contest. They gather to watch and are depressed by the lifelessness of the Israeli entry, a parody of many recent offerings, a flashy, grating song about "amour." Realizing that Anat is distraught over the crisis in her marriage, they decide to compose a song to cheer her up. As a lark, they enters their cellphone video of it in next year's contest, and it becomes Israel's entry.

Cupcakes

92 mins | Comedy | March 13, 2013

Cupcakes
A group of friends in a Tel Aviv suburb get together to watch Universong, a Eurovision-like television song contest. They gather to watch and are depressed by the lifelessness of the Israeli entry, a parody of many recent offerings, a flashy, grating song about "amour." Realizing that Anat is distraught over the crisis in her marriage, they decide to compose a song to cheer her up. As a lark, they enters their cellphone video of it in next year's contest, and it becomes Israel's entry.
IMDb rating 6.0
Producers United King Films, Chic Films, Abott, Reif, Hameiri
Original title בננות
Directors Adin Weiner, Eytan Fox
Writers Eli Bijawi, Eytan Fox

Cast

Dana Ivgy

as Dana

Keren Berger

as Keren

Yael Bar-Zohar

as Yael

Efrat Dor

as Efrat

Anat Waxman

as Anat

Ofer Shechter

as Ofer

Lior Ashkenazi

as Lawyer

Édouard Baer

as Édouard

Sarit Vino-Elad

as The Minister

Ofer Hayoun

as Zohar

Alon Levi

as Asi

Oren Shkedy

as Aviv

Danny Deutsch

as Danny

Guy Pines

as Guy

Uri Hochman

as TV Channel Manager

Oneg Efron

as Dedi

Ruti Asrasi

as Ruti

Shimon Mimran

as Dana's Father

Moshik Galamin

as Director

Talli Oren

as PR Manager

Harel Nof

as Musical Manager

Oshik Levi

as Asi's Father

Ayelet Margalit

as Asi's Mother

Denis Sandler

as Universong Prague Host