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Not Quite Paradise

  • 1985
  • R
  • 1h 54m
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
154
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Not Quite Paradise (1985)
DramaRomance

While working in a kibbutz (an Israeli voluntary farming collective community), a tourist and a female worker fall in love. However, he can't stay and she can't leave her work. Will love tri... Read allWhile working in a kibbutz (an Israeli voluntary farming collective community), a tourist and a female worker fall in love. However, he can't stay and she can't leave her work. Will love triumph?While working in a kibbutz (an Israeli voluntary farming collective community), a tourist and a female worker fall in love. However, he can't stay and she can't leave her work. Will love triumph?

  • Director
    • Lewis Gilbert
  • Writer
    • Paul Kember
  • Stars
    • Joanna Pacula
    • Sam Robards
    • Todd Graff
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.6/10
    154
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Lewis Gilbert
    • Writer
      • Paul Kember
    • Stars
      • Joanna Pacula
      • Sam Robards
      • Todd Graff
    • 3User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Joanna Pacula
    Joanna Pacula
    • Gila
    Sam Robards
    Sam Robards
    • Mike
    Todd Graff
    Todd Graff
    • Rothwell T. Schwartz
    Kevin McNally
    Kevin McNally
    • Pete
    Selina Cadell
    Selina Cadell
    • Carrie
    Bernard Strother
    • Dave
    Ewan Stewart
    Ewan Stewart
    • Angus
    Kate Ingram
    • Grace
    Libby Morris
    Libby Morris
    • Mrs. Schwartz
    Gary Cady
    • Steve
    Sawally Srinonton
    • Yoshiko
    Naomi Rosenberg
    • Finnish twin
    Schuli Rosenberg
    • Finnish twin
    Zafrir Kochanovsky
    Zafrir Kochanovsky
    • Menachem
    Poly Reshef
    Poly Reshef
    • Ami
    • (as Poli Reshef)
    Ya'ackov Ben-Sira
    Ya'ackov Ben-Sira
    • Dobush
    • (as Yaacov Ben Sira)
    Shlomo Tarshish
    Shlomo Tarshish
    • Reuven
    Esti Katz
    • Rivka
    • Director
      • Lewis Gilbert
    • Writer
      • Paul Kember
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    Kandahar

    Well recommended viewing

    An interesting tale of life on a Kibbutz and of a tourist who ends up staying there and falling in love with Pacula, who works there permanently. One thing leads to another but he still decides his place is back home. Predictable ending for a nice romantic movie.
    10mtd-9

    not quite Jerusalem

    great film not shown very often on TV but loved the film great story of life on the kibbutz shame it so hard to get hold of i have been searching on e bay for months the story tells of volunteers from many different back grounds that have volunteered to work on the kibbutz in Israel the story tells well of the many problems encountered between them from joy to disaster from the ever day living to the hard work that needs to be put in as a volunteer and that some of the volunteers are prepared and some that are not prepared to put in if any one is thinking about going to work in Israel on the kibbutz this film is a must see if you can get hold of it.
    8benzonaruk

    Sweet 80's lovestory

    Lovely little relatively unknown 80's movie portraying life on a kibbutz from the foreign (non-Israeli) point of view. Its not all Club Med 18-30 fun and happiness for the volunteers from England, USA, Japan etc, as they discover that life on the kibbutz and in Israel isn't quite what they expected, and its only a temporary escapism from life at home, as home tends to creep up on you when you least expect it.

    A sweet, rather slow paced romantic love story, won't tax the brain very much, but will leave you smiling and fulfilled.

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      The film was made and released about three years after its source stage play "Not Quite Jerusalem" by Paul Kember had been first performed in 1982. Kember also penned the screenplay for the movie.

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    • Release date
      • August 2, 1985 (Ireland)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Not Quite Jerusalem
    • Filming locations
      • Kibbutz Elot, Israel
    • Production companies
      • Acorn Pictures
      • Gilead
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 54m(114 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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