Movies produced in israel

Genres: Animation | Actors: Josef Ber, Tom Budge, Joel Edgerton, Leon Ford, Samuel Johnson, Jamie Katsamatsas, Anthony LaPaglia, Ben Mendelsohn, Henry Nixon, Henry Nixon, Henry Nixon, Barry Otto, Geoffrey Rush, Claudia Karvan, Leeanna Walsman, Directors: Tatia Rosenthal,  Plot Summary: A jobless 28-year-old residing in an apartment with his single father discovers the meaning of life for a bargain-basement price in this stop-motion animation film featuring the voices of Ben Mendelsohn, Barry Otto, Anthony LaPaglia, and Geoffrey Rush. Dave has made it his mission to discover the meaning of life, so when he stumbles across a book claiming to answer just that question for the low, low price of just $9.99, he can't help but make an impulse purchase. Much to his surprise, the book contains all the answers he's been searching for, a revelation that compels him to share this newfound information with his neighbors — an eccentric bunch whose stories gradually intertwine to offer a revealing portrait of their hopes, loves, and spiritual beliefs.

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Genres: Drama | War | Actors: Jeff Goldblum, Willem Dafoe, Cristian Motiu, Vasile Albinet, Idan Alterman, Moritz Bleibtreu, Derek Jacobi, Dror Keren, Joachim Król, Mickey Leon, Gabriel Spahiu, Yoram Toledano, Jenya Dodina, Veronica Ferres, Juliane Köhler, Directors: Paul Schrader,  Plot Summary: "Adam Resurrected" follows the story of Adam Stein, a charismatic patient at a mental institution for Holocaust survivors in Israel, 1961. He reads minds and confounds his doctors, lead by Nathan Gross. Before the war, in Berlin, Adam was an entertainer—cabaret impresario, circus owner, magician, musician—loved by audiences and Nazis alike until he finds himself in a concentration camp, confronted by Commandant Klein. Adam survives the camp by becoming the Commandant's "dog", entertaining him while his wife and daughter are sent off to die. Years later we find him at the Institute. One day, Adam smells something, hears a sound. "Who brought a dog in here?" he asks Gross. Gross denies there is a dog but Adam finds him—a young boy raised in a basement on a chain. Adam and the boy see and recognize each other as dogs—and their journey begins. "Adam Resurrected" is the story of a man who once was a dog who meets a dog who once was a boy.

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Genres: Comedy | Drama | Actors: Saleh Bakri, Sasson Gabai, Uri Gavriel, Imad Jabarin, Rubi Moskovitz, Khalifa Natour, Eyad Sheety, Ronit Elkabetz, Ahuva Keren, Rinat Matatov, Hilla Sarjon, Directors: Eran Kolirin,  Plot Summary: A band comprised of members of the Egyptian police force head to Israel to play at the inaugural ceremony of an Arab arts center, only to find themselves lost in the wrong town.

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Genres: Drama | Romance | Thriller | Actors: Antonio Banderas, Olivia Williams, John Shrapnel, Derek Jacobi, Jason Flemyng, John Wood, Lillian Hurst, Makram Khoury, Vernon Dobtcheff, Ian McNeice, Muhamed Bakri, Yoav Dekelbaum, Sami Samir, Jordan Licht, Limor Goldstein, Directors: Jonas McCord,  Plot Summary: An ancient skeleton has been discovered in Jerusalem in a rich man's tomb. Colouration of the wrist and leg bones indicates the cause of death was crucifiction. other signs, include a gold coin bearing the marks of Pontius Pilate and faint markings around the skull, lead authorities to suspect that these could be the bones of Christ. Politicians, clerics, religious extremists and those using terror as a means to an end, find their beliefs and identities test while risking their lives to unearth the truth

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Genres: Action | Drama | Actors: Dolph Lundgren, Sherri Alexander, Joe Michael Burke, Rebecca Cross, Brook Susan Parker, Juliano Mer, Chanan Elias, Ze'ev Revach, Angelique Lettich, Terry Big Charles, Howard Rypp, Gilya Stern, Ishai Golan, Jack Adalist, Nati Ravitz, Directors: Sheldon Lettich,  Plot Summary: An earthquake measuring 9.5 on the Richter Scale splits California into an island with a perpetual dustcloud hanging over it. The survivors of the terrible ordeal have started to come together in the shape of Nick Preston (Dolph Lundgren) an air force captain, and other fractions of the military, including Sarah McBride and Lucky Simcoe, and have situated themselves in a warfare junkyard, holding weaponry from forgotten conflicts. They are searching for food, fuel and fellow survivors, and a possible path into the next world, while also dodging a violent plague that causes the skin to boil.

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Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama | Thriller | Actors: Jon Voight, Eric Roberts, Kyle T. Heffner, John P. Ryan, T.K. Carter, Kenneth McMillan, Walter Wyatt, Edward Bunker, Reid Cruickshanks, Dan Wray, Michael Lee Gogin, John Bloom, Hank Worden, John Otrin, Norman Alexander Gibbs, Directors: Plot Summary: Manny is the "boss" of the convicts in an Alaskan high security prison. Renken, the heartless prison's administrator wants to kill him, so Manny escapes with the help of another young prisoner, Buck, who follows him. The two fugitives manage to get to a rail depot and get onboard a train. The problem is, the engineer has died and the the train is totally out of control, and nothing can stop it. So, leaving the prison, Manny and Buck find themselves aboard something that is both their freedom and their death...

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Genres: Documentary | Actors: Tenzin Zopa, Directors: Nati Baratz,  Plot Summary: A visual stunning, spellbinding spiritual journey to a world rarely seen by outsiders. The Buddhist concept of reincarnation, while both mysterious and enchanting, is hard for most Westerners to grasp. UNMISTAKEN CHILD follows the 4-year-search for the reincarnation of Lama Konchog, a world-renowned Tibetan master who passed away in 2001 at age 84. The Dalai Lama charges the deceased monk s devoted disciple, Tenzin Zopa (who had been in his service since the age of seven), to search for his master s reincarnation, a child who may be anywhere in the world. Tenzin sets off on foot, mule and even helicopter, through breathtaking landscapes and remote traditional Tibetan villages. He listens to stories about children with special characteristics, performs rituals and rarely seen tests designed to determine the likelihood of reincarnation, and eventually presents his chosen one to the Dalai Lama, who will make the final decision.

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Genres: Animation | Biography | Drama | War | Actors: Ron Ben-Yishai, Ronny Dayag, Dror Harazi, Yehezkel Lazarov, Mickey Leon, Ori Sivan, Zahava Solomon, Directors: Ari Folman,  Plot Summary: One night at a bar, an old friend tells director Ari about a recurring nightmare in which he is chased by 26 vicious dogs. Every night, the same number of beasts. The two men conclude that there's a connection to their Israeli Army mission in the first Lebanon War of the early eighties. Ari is surprised that he can't remember a thing anymore about that period of his life. Intrigued by this riddle, he decides to meet and interview old friends and comrades around the world. He needs to discover the truth about that time and about himself. As Ari delves deeper and deeper into the mystery, his memory begins to creep up in surreal images.

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