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The Key

As Margalit and Ilan, the only two Jews in a remote Arab village, fight over the right to own the key to an ancient synagogue, a third Jew decides to build a rival synagogue. This film is a tragic-comic allegory on the human urge to fight and unite at any cost.

Festivals and Awards:

Jerusalem IFF ,2001; IDFA, 2001

 

Director: Dan Geva, Noit Geva

Producer: Dan Geva, Noit Geva

Cinematographer: Dan Geva

Editor: Noit Geva, Ron Omer

Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, Keshet

Subtitles: English

Film Name in Hebrew: המפתח

As Margalit and Ilan, the only two Jews in a remote Arab village, fight over the right to own the key to an ancient synagogue, a third Jew decides to build a rival synagogue. This film is a tragic-comic allegory on the human urge to fight and unite at any cost.

Festivals and Awards:

Jerusalem IFF ,2001; IDFA, 2001

 

 

Director: Dan Geva, Noit Geva

Producer: Dan Geva, Noit Geva

Cinematographer: Dan Geva

Editor: Noit Geva, Ron Omer

Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, Keshet

Subtitles: English

Film Name in Hebrew: המפתח

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