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Aliyah (2012 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Aliyah' is a 2012 French drama film directed by Elie Wajeman.Boyd van Hoeij, [https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117947595/ Aliyah], 'Variety', 20 May 2012Adrien Gombeaud, [http://www.lesechos.fr/culture-loisirs/sorties/cinema/0202271897991-alyah-d-elie-wajeman-363437.php Alyah d'Elie Wajeman], 'Les Echos', 19 September 2012
Plot
Alex, a 27-year-old Jewish drug dealer who lives in Paris, plans to do his Aliyah and move to Israel for the chance of a better life.Guillaume Loison, [http://cinema.nouvelobs.com/articles/20869-critique-critiques-alyah-delie-wajeman Alyah dElie Wajeman] , 'Le Nouvel Observateur', 18 September 2012 His brother, Isaac, keeps pestering him for money. During the course of a Shabbat dinner at their aunt's house, we learn they lack parental support. Alex's desire to move to Israel is not so much grown out of Zionism, but because nothing holds him back in France, in spite of his recent encounter with a gentile girl, Jeanne. The final scene highlights Israel's multicultural culture.
Cast
* Pio Marma as Alex Raphaelson
* Cdric Kahn as Isaac Raphaelson
* Adle Haenel as Jeanne
* Guillaume Gouix as Mathias
* Sarah Lepicard as Esther
* David Geselson as Nathan
* Olivier Desautel as Polo
* Jean-Marie Winling as The father
* Mar Sodupe as Analle
* Aim Vaucher as Gabriel
* Bertrand Constant as Claude
* Marion Picard as Rbecca
* Brigitte Jaques-Wajeman as The aunt
* Louise Roch as Lucie
* Zohar Wexler as Nadav
* Michal Abiteboul as The shaliah
Reception
The film was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. It was also shown at the 2012 Haifa International Film Festival and the Cabourg Film Festival.http://www.haifaff.co.il/eng/Movie%20Info.php?id=6227
'Variety' reviewed the film favorably, suggesting the cast was "solid." and that the film deserve a "wider audience" than "Francophone arthouses and Jewish fests". For 'Les Echos', it is "the best French film in a long time", as it shows many social classes in Paris, and admits the fact that Paris, as pretty as it is, has nothing left to offer.
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