The Galilee Eskimos (2006)

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

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.

bittersweetgentlepoignantquietly absurdthoughtfulmelancholicunderstatedwry

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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