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Alila
Alila

Alila

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Life in a Tel Aviv apartment complex, an urban mosaic whose seedy characters, try as they might, can't get out of one another's faces. Gabi, a bobbed haired sexpot, and her lover Hezi—who's older, balding and married—rent a room to have an affair, while Ezra, a pot bellied divorcee, supervises an illegal construction site next door. All this racket drives Schwartz, a Holocaust survivor, to a mental breakdown. Other characters include illegal Chinese immigrants, a teenage boy who's afraid to serve in the army, and a corrupt police detective.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Hebrew

Runtime

122 mins

Rating

5.4/10

Release Date

06 June 2003

Country

Israel

Cast

Yaël Abecassis

Yaël Abecassis

Gabi

Hana Laslo

Hana Laslo

Mali

Uri Klauzner

Uri Klauzner

Ezra

Ronit Elkabetz

Ronit Elkabetz

Ronit

Amos Lavi

Amos Lavi

Hezi

Lupo Berkowitch

Lupo Berkowitch

Aviram

Liran Levo

Liran Levo

Ilan

Yosef Carmon

Yosef Carmon

Schwartz

Amit Mestechkin

Amit Mestechkin

Eyal

Lyn Hsiao Zamir

Lyn Hsiao Zamir

Linda

Tomer Russo

Tomer Russo

Officer

Carmel Betto

Carmel Betto

Carmel

Dalit Kahan

Dalit Kahan

Sharon

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