Avi Cohen directs this outlandish satire about a group of small-time apartment-complex oligarchs who will do anything to preserve their tiny measure of power in an upcoming election against self-absorbed local politicians. As the drama plays out in their corner of the world, suspiciously similar patterns unfold in developments on the national stage. Shaike Levi, Gavri Banai, Yisrael Poliakov, Dori Ben-Ze’ev and Smadar Brener star.
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The Cowards
A romantic comedy about forbidden love.
Crazy Camera
Lool
A parody of the origins of Israeli television, including skits titled “Bible Quest,” “The New Immigrants,” “Yalla Bitar,” “Law is Law” & “I Am a Woman.”
Millionaire in Trouble
The Man Who Came to Take
The plot deals with a suitcase full of diamonds which would bring down the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. A businessman, who was supposed to use the money for welfare, will advance shares, buy the diamonds and flee abroad. The trouble is that his wife is also after the suitcase, as well as her lover, who is also her husband’s lawyer. Another person who has his eyes set on the suitcase is a Parisian thief, who came especially to Israel. Ultimately he will find himself running for the Israeli Knesset … This film is a political farce set against the political corruption of the eighties..
She’s Got It
A comic drama takes place in the southern Israeli town hit by devastating economic hardships. Tipped off on a Brinks car robbery, the three heroines, Malca, Yafit and Irena, seize a golden opportunity to get their hands on the stash of money. The growing hardships and challenges faced by the residents of greater Israel are explored in this fast-beat and surprising plot.
Israel Forever
A politician with a temporary sexual disorder is sent to Eliat for rest. All seems well until his wife, who thinks her husband is on a trip abroad, also comes to Eliat for vacation.
The Gospel According to God
A universal anti-religious satire which occours in the latter of 2001 and deals with the life of God and his son Jesus. While Jesus is trained and sent to bring redemption, God is desperately seeking for the meaning of his only incomprehensible creation – Love.
Fifty Fifty
“Fifty fifty” is a comedy that takes place in Tel Aviv during the early 70’s. Grossman is a bakery owner who wins the lottery, however, he holds only half of the winning ticket. The other half is in the possession of his partner Levi, who dies unexpectedly. The plot gets complicated when two crooks break and settle in Levi’s apartment.
