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Zion and His Brother
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Wikipedia article
'Zion and His Brother' is a 2009 French-Israeli drama film starring Reuven Badalov and Ronit Elkabetz. The film, directed by Eran Merav premiered on 17 January 2009 at the Sundance Film Festival.
Plot synopsis
Amidst the circumstances of an absent father and a single mother busy making ends meet and satisfying her boyfriend, the oldest son Meir takes care of his younger brother, Zion and they evident have an inseparable powerful bond. Meirs is there to handle the situation when Zion confesses that a schoolmate has stolen his soccer sneakers. Yet things unravel when the thief seeks a reprisal, and soon Zion understands he's complicit in a secret only he and Meir share. This pressure and Meir's clashes with their mother's boyfriend leave the fraternal allegiance in disarray.[http://festival.sundance.org/2009/film_events/films/zion_and_his_brother ZION AND HIS BROTHER] Sundance Film Festival. Retrieved on 4 July 2010
Cast
*Reuven Badalov as Zion
*Ronit Elkabetz as Mother
*Tzahi Grad as Eli
*Zidane Awad as the cousin
*Ofer Hayun as Meir
Awards and nominations
'Ghent International Film Festival'
*'Best Screenplay' - Eran Merav (won)
*'Best Film' - Eran Merav (nomination)
'Sundance Film Festival'
*'World cinema - dramatic' - Eran Merav (nomination)
References
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