I Love You Rosa (1972)

Original title

אני אוהב אותך רוזה

Directed by

Moshé Mizrahi

Genre

drama film, romance film

Country

Israel

Runtime

1h 31m

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 15 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Set in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem around 1900, a young boy falls in love with his older sister-in-law after his brother dies. She must decide whether to marry him as tradition demands or follow her own desires.

romanticmelancholicslow-burnnostalgicintimateearthyrestrainedbittersweet

What happens

I Love You Rosa (Hebrew: אני אוהב אותך רוזה, romanized: Ani Ohev Otach Roza) is a 1972 Israeli New Sensibility film written and directed by Moshé Mizrahi. The film's plot takes place in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem at the beginning of the 20th century. Mizrahi claimed that he wrote the script based on a true event that happened in his family and was passed down through stories over the years. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. It was also entered into the 1972 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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