The story is about two twin brothers, Azriel and Gavriel (both played by Yehuda Barkan). Azriel is a shy and religious Jew who works in a fruit shop in Jaffa. Gavriel, is a hoodlum and a goo... Read allThe story is about two twin brothers, Azriel and Gavriel (both played by Yehuda Barkan). Azriel is a shy and religious Jew who works in a fruit shop in Jaffa. Gavriel, is a hoodlum and a good-for-nothing hustler who runs a Snooker Bar. Gavriel and his friend Hanuka make easy mone... Read allThe story is about two twin brothers, Azriel and Gavriel (both played by Yehuda Barkan). Azriel is a shy and religious Jew who works in a fruit shop in Jaffa. Gavriel, is a hoodlum and a good-for-nothing hustler who runs a Snooker Bar. Gavriel and his friend Hanuka make easy money by swindling innocent people into gambling on Snooker games. One day Gavriel is forced t... Read all
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The previous reviewer called this a cult flick in the Israeli collective memory (or something to that effect). Really? I love Israeli cinema and one reason I love seeing Israeli films is to fill in the "cultural holes" I have as an immigrant, but this is just garbage. I gave it a "2" because Charlie vaChetzi deserves a "1", but I couldn't even come up with the minimum 10 lines to say so.
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[at the Rabbi's house]
Rabbi: Who are the ten righteous, who were promised in their lives, that they would enter Heaven?
Hannukah: In their lives!
Azriel Levi: Enoch son of Jared, Eliezer servant of Abraham, Bithiah daughter of Pharoah, Serah daughter of Asher, Elijah the prophet, Messiah son of David, Hiram king of Tyre, Ebed-Melech the Ethiopian, Javitz son of Rabbi, rabbi Joshua son of Levi.
Rabbi: [impressed] Very well.
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