Jaffa

Jaffa

106 mins | Drama | June 10, 2009

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.

Jaffa

106 mins | Drama | June 10, 2009

Jaffa
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.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers ARTE France Cinéma, Canal+, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Bizibi, MEDIA Programme of the European Union, Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM), Rohfilm, Rabinovich Film Fund Cinema Project, Transfax Film Productions, Keshet Broadcasting
Original title Kalat Hayam
Directors Keren Yedaya
Writers Illa Ben Porat, Keren Yedaya

Cast

Dana Ivgy

as Mali Wolf

Moni Moshonov

as Reuven Wolf

Ronit Elkabetz

as Osnat 'Ossi' Wolf

Roy Assaf

as Meir Wolf

Lili Ivgy

as Shiran Wolf

Zenabh Mahrab

as Naima

Suma Zenabh

as Evtesam

Dalia Beger

as Aunt Suzi