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Langue sacrée, langue parlée (2008)

Langue sacrée, langue parlée poster
Directed by
Nurith Aviv
Genre
documentary film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 13m
Elsewhere
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How it feels

This documentary explores the relationship between Hebrew as a sacred language and its use in everyday modern life. Director Nurith Aviv speaks with various people about how they experience this duality.

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What happens

Langue sacrée, langue parlée (Hebrew: לשון קודש שפת חול, tr. Leshon Kodesh Sfat Chol, literally "Sacred Tongue, Profane Language") is a 2008 French independent underground experimental documentary art film directed by Nurith Aviv. It was released on DVD by Éditions Montparnasse, as part of a boxset, also including Misafa Lesafa (2004) and Traduire (2011). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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