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Title The matchmaker / United King Films presents ; a joint production of Metro Communications, Artomas Communications, United Channels Movies ; a film by Avi Nesher ; written by Avi Nesher ; producers, Moshe Edery .. [and others]..

Publication Info. [Venice, Calif.] : Menemsha Films, 2010.

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult FOREIGN DVD  DVD FOREIGN-HEB-M    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Bishop's Corner Branch - Media Room  DVD MATCHMAKER    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Media Room  DVD FOREIGN MATCHMAKER    Check Shelf
Description 1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 volume (9, 6, [4] leaves ; 28 cm.)
System Details DVD.
Cast Adir Miller, Maya Dagan, Dror Keren, Tuval Shafir, Neta Porat, Bat El-Papura, Dov Navon, Yarden Bar Kochva, Yael Leventhal, Kobi Farag, Tom Gal, Eli Jaspan.
Credits Cinematography, Michele Abramowicz ; editing, Isaac Sehayek ; music, Philippe Sarde.
Note Inspired by Amir Gutfreund's novel When heroes fly.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2010.
Summary Sixteen-year-old Arik is at loose ends one summer when he gets a job offer from a mysterious old friend of his father's named Yankele Bride. Bride, a Holocaust survivor, makes his living as a matchmaker, uniting luckless souls. He hires Arik to scout potential clients throughout the bustling port city. Arik is intrigued by Brides's line of work. The diverse characters he meets on the job open his eyes to a world of wonder, pain and longing, offering him glimpses into unspeakable darkness and the depths of human love. There is Clara, a beautiful, fragile woman whom Bride loves from afar; Sylvia, a survivor of Josef Mengele's Nazi experiments who yearns for a husband; and Meir, a librarian, whose search for love leads him to commit an extraordinary act of malice. Even Arik falls in love for the first time, a development that brings surprising consequences.
Note Volume Includes a synopsis, interview with the director, cast information, crew information, and a review.
Language In Hebrew with English subtitles.
Note GMD: videorecording.
Subject Teenage boys -- Employment -- Israel -- Drama.
Teenage boys -- Israel -- Conduct of life -- Drama.
Coming of age -- Israel -- Drama.
Israel -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Drama.
Holocaust survivors -- Israel -- Drama.
Dating services -- Israel -- Drama.
Marriage brokerage -- Israel -- Drama.
Marriage -- Israel -- Drama.
Man-woman relationships -- Israel -- Drama.
Haifa (Israel) -- Drama.
Genre/Form Feature films.
Fiction films.
Added Author Nesher, Avi. Director. Author.
Ederi, Mosheh, 1929- Producer.
Miler, Adir, 1974- Actor.
Dagan, Mayah, 1977- Actor.
Keren, Dror, 1964- Actor.
Shafir, Tuval, 1993- Actor.
Porat, Neta. Actor.
El Papura, Bat. Actor.
Navon, Dov, 1961- Actor.
Bar-Kochba, Yarden. Actor.
Leventhal, Yael. Actor.
Farag, Kobi, 1980- Actor.
Gal, Elie, 1947- Actor.
Jaspan, Eli. Actor.
Guttfreund, Amir, 1963-2015. Bi-shevilah giborim ʻafim.
United King Films (Firm)
Metro Communications (Firm)
Artomas Communications.
UCM Films.
Menemsha Films.
Standard No. 794504746655
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