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Jaffa

Play trailer Poster for Jaffa 2009,  1h 46m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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Two young Palestinian lovers secretly plan a wedding.

Critics Reviews

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Ray Bennett The Hollywood Reporter May 17, 2009
An absorbing and touching family drama set in the Israeli seaside town of the title. Go to Full Review
Jay Weissberg Variety May 17, 2009
"Jaffa" is modeled on semi-glossy Egyptian mellers, but Yedaya lets the air out, leaving empty characters with no connections to each other or the audience. Best seen as a temporary blip in a promising career. Go to Full Review
David Nusair Reel Film Reviews Nov 9, 2010
2.5/4
...an engaging, sporadically enthralling little drama... Go to Full Review
Mary Ann Brussat Spirituality & Practice Nov 1, 2010
3/5
The battle between love and hatred for Arabs in one Jewish family in Jaffa. Go to Full Review
Joseph Proimakis Movies for the Masses Aug 19, 2010
2.5/5
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Dan Fainaru Screen International May 17, 2009
Jaffa's schematic plot, predictably developed with stock characters that are never fleshed out, is insufficient to carry her pallid observations. Go to Full Review
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Leia L Jun 17, 2018 This is a heart-wrenching Romeo and Juliet story set in Jaffa with an Arab-Israeli Romeo and an Israeli Juliet. Writer-director Keren Yedaya lays bare prejudice and class differences in this French-Israeli-German-produced family drama. Dana Ivgy is the standout of the cast in the Juliet role, and was nominated for the Ophir Award for Best Actress. See more
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Cast & Crew

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Keren Yedaya

Director

Dana Ivgy

Mali Wolf

Moni Moshonov

Reuven Wolf

Ronit Elkabetz

Osnat 'Ossi' Wolf

Mahmud Shalaby

Toufik

Hussein Yassin Mahajne

Hassan

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Jaffa

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Movie Info

Synopsis Two young Palestinian lovers secretly plan a wedding.
Director
Keren Yedaya
Producer
Emmanuel Agneray, Jérôme Bleitrach, Benny Drechsel, Marek Rozenbaum
Screenwriter
Illa Ben Porat, Keren Yedaya
Production Co
Transfax Film Productions, Rohfilm
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Hebrew
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 20, 2016
Runtime
1h 46m
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