Life According to Agfa (1993)

Original title

החיים על פי אגפא

Directed by

Assi Dayan

Genre

drama film

Country

Israel

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

15+

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 12 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Over the course of one night in a Tel Aviv pub, the interactions between staff and customers expose fractures in Israeli society. The film shows tensions among different groups including Jews, Arabs, and various social classes.

tensebleakclaustrophobicpsychologicalnaturalisticintrospectiveslow-burnsocially-charged

What happens

Life According to Agfa (Hebrew: החיים על פי אגפא) is a 1993 Israeli psychological-social drama film written and directed by Assi Dayan and produced by Rafi Bukai and Yoram Kislev. Starring Gila Almagor, Shmil Ben Ari, Irit Frank, Shuli Rand, Sharon Alexander and Avital Dicker, the film revolves around one night in a small Tel Aviv pub whose employees and patrons represent a microcosm of Israeli society – men and women, Jews and Arabs, Ashkenazi and Sephardi Jews, kibbutzniks and city-dwellers. The film mainly is criticizing the themes across the Israeli society, and, predicts a somewhat apocalyptic future for mankind and Israeli society. The film was selected as the Israeli entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 65th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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