Tel Aviv on Fire (2018)

Original title

תל אביב על האש

Directed by

Sameh Zoabi

Genre

satire, romance film, comedy drama

Country

Israel, France, Luxembourg, Belgium

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

6

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 114 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Palestinian man works as a screenwriter for a popular soap opera set in Tel Aviv. When he meets an Israeli military officer who gives him feedback on the show, their relationship blurs the line between fiction and reality.

comedicsatiricalbittersweettensewryslightly absurdhumanistic

What happens

Tel Aviv on Fire (Hebrew: תל אביב על האש, Tel Aviv Al Ha'Esh) is a 2018 satirical comedy-drama film directed by Sameh Zoabi and co-written by Zoabi and Dan Kleinman. The film premiered internationally at the 75th Venice International Film Festival in the Orizzonti section, where Kais Nashef won the Best Actor award. The Israeli premiere was at the Haifa International Film Festival, where the film won the Best Film and Best Screenplay awards. It was selected as the Luxembourgish entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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