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The Galilee Eskimos (2006)

The Galilee Eskimos poster
Original title
אסקימוסים בגליל
Directed by
Jonathan Paz
Genre
drama film
Country
Israel
Runtime
1h 35m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This comedy drama is about an old kibbutz in Galilee that goes bankrupt and its members abandon it. Twelve elderly residents who were left behind in the retirement home must now figure out how to survive on their own.

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What happens

The Galilee Eskimos (Hebrew: אסקימוסים בגליל) is a 2006 comedy-drama film directed, produced and co-written by Jonathan Paz, based on a screenplay by Yehoshua Sobol. The plot revolves around the demise of an old and isolated kibbutz in Galilee, which falls into heavy debt, is declared bankrupt, and abandoned overnight by its members. Twelve elderly kibbutz members are left behind to fend for themselves in the kibbutz's retirement home, akin to elderly Eskimos being abandoned to die. The film was shot at Kibbutz Yehiam and premiered at the Haifa International Film Festival in September 2006. It participated in the Toronto International Film Festival and the Montreal World Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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