Jellyfish
Feature film, 1h25, 2007
Directors: Etgar Keret et Shira Geffen
With: Sarah Adler, Nikol Leidman, Gera Sandler, Noa Knoller.
Scénario: Shira Geffen
Synopsis:
Meduzot (the Hebrew word for Jellyfish) tells the story of three very different Israeli women living in Tel Aviv whose intersecting stories weave an unlikely portrait of modern Israeli life. Batya, a catering waitress, takes in a young child apparently abandoned at a local beach. Batya is one of the servers at the wedding reception of Keren, a young bride who breaks her leg in trying to escape from a locked toilet stall, which ruins her chance at a romantic honeymoon in the Caribbean. One of the guests is Joy, a Philippine chore woman attending the event with her employer, and who doesn't speak any Hebrew (she communicates mainly in English), and who is guilt-ridden after having left her young son behind in the Philippine
Awards & festivals:
International Critics' Week - Cannes 2007, Camera d'Or. SACD (toute) jeune critique. Festival San Luis 2007: Puntano de Oro du Meilleur Film. Festival de Varsovie du film juif: Best Cinematography. Bratislava Film Festival: special mention of the Jury
Partners:
Coproduction : Lama Films (Israël) Arte France Cinéma. Centre du Cinéma - (Israël) - Canal + - TPS
Distributor France: Pyramide
World sales: Pyramide