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Hallelujah (2003)

Hallelujah poster
Original title
הללויה
Directed by
Daniel Syrkin
Genre
comedy
Country
Israel
Runtime
52 min
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An Israeli soldier and a major try to reach the 1979 Eurovision Song Contest while stationed in the Sinai Peninsula. Their journey is full of mishaps and detours.

lightheartednostalgicquirkyplayfulfastcomedicupbeatwhimsical

What happens

Hallelujah (Hebrew: הללויה) is a 2003 comedy TV movie Israeli filmmaker Daniel Syrkin. Set in the background of the 1979 Eurovision Song Contest, it stars Tzion Baruch as Shuki, an IDF soldier, and Tal Friedman as Major Magen David, who, while in the Sinai Peninsula, try to get to the contest on time. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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