Alila

Alila

122 mins | Drama, Comedy | June 6, 2003

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.

Alila

122 mins | Drama, Comedy | June 6, 2003

Alila
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.
IMDb rating 6.2
Producers
Original title Alila
Directors Amos Gitai
Writers Yehoshua Kenaz, Amos Gitai

Cast

Yaël Abecassis

as Gabi

Hana Laslo

as Mali

Uri Klauzner

as Ezra

Ronit Elkabetz

as Ronit

Amos Lavi

as Hezi

Lupo Berkowitch

as Aviram

Liran Levo

as Ilan

Yosef Carmon

as Schwartz

Amit Mestechkin

as Eyal

Lyn Hsiao Zamir

as Linda

Tomer Russo

as Officer

Carmel Betto

as Carmel

Dalit Kahan

as Sharon