Apples from the Desert

Apples from the Desert

96 mins | Drama | Oct. 25, 2014

Based on the award-winning play and popular Israeli short story, this poignant family drama follows Rivka, 19-years-old and strong-willed, who struggles to follow the conservative lifestyle of her ultra-orthodox parents in Jerusalem. Determined to break free from her parents’ rigid worldview, she runs away to a secular farming community in the desert. The decision pushes the two generations to confront the chasm between their stringent views of tradition and modernity.

Apples from the Desert

96 mins | Drama | Oct. 25, 2014

Apples from the Desert
Based on the award-winning play and popular Israeli short story, this poignant family drama follows Rivka, 19-years-old and strong-willed, who struggles to follow the conservative lifestyle of her ultra-orthodox parents in Jerusalem. Determined to break free from her parents’ rigid worldview, she runs away to a secular farming community in the desert. The decision pushes the two generations to confront the chasm between their stringent views of tradition and modernity.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers
Original title Tapuhim Min HaMidbar
Directors Arik Lubetzki, Matti Harari
Writers Savyon Liebrecht, Arik Lovezki, Matti Harari

Cast

Moran Rosenblatt

as Rivkah

Shlomi Koriat

as Reuben

Reymonde Amsallem

as Victoria

Irit Kaplan

as Sarah

Elisha Banai

as Dubi

Tzvi Shissel

as Ze'ev

Moshe Ashkenazi

as Yossi