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Fifty-Fifty (1971)

Fifty-Fifty poster
Original title
חצי חצי
Directed by
Boaz Davidson
Genre
comedy film
Country
Israel
Runtime
1h 23m
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In early 1970s Tel Aviv, a bakery owner wins the lottery but only has half of the winning ticket. The other half was owned by his partner who dies suddenly, and a pair of crooks move into the partner's apartment, complicating things.

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What happens

"Fifty-fifty" (Hebrew: חצי חצי) is an Israeli comedy film directed by Boaz Davidson and produced by Assi Dayan and Moshe Golan. The film was released in 1971, belongs to the Bourekas film genre, and sold 173,000 tickets in Israel. The plot takes place in Tel Aviv during the early 1970s. Grossman is a bakery owner who wins the lottery, but he holds only half of the winning ticket. The other half is in the possession of his partner Levi, who dies unexpectedly. The plot gets complicated when two crooks break into and settle in Levi's apartment. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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