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Salsa Tel Aviv
Vicki, a Mexican salsa dancer and a poor single mother, leaves her young son with her mother and flies to Israel dressed as a nun in order to sneak in. She plans to work and follow Beto, her boyfriend and the father of her child. On the plane she meets Yoni, a young Israeli scientist, who is on his way back to Israel from a research trip, to marry his rich girlfriend Dafna. During the long flight, a strange, amusing friendship develops.
Festivals and Awards:
International Film Festival, Guadalajara, Mexico, 2011; World Cinema International Film Festival, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2011; Contra Costa Jewish Film Festival, USA, 2012; Richmond Jewish Community Center, USA, 2011; Caracas Jewish Film Festival, Venezuela, 2011; Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival, USA, 2011; UK Jewish Film Festival, 2011; Moscow Israeli Film Festival, Russia, 2011; Omaha Jewish Film Festival, USA, 2011; Rio de Janeiro Jewish Film Festival, Brazil, 2011; Sao Paulo Jewish Film Festival, Brazil, 2011; Jerusalem International Film Festival, Israel, 2011
Director: Jorge Weller
Producer: Zvi Spealmann
Cinematographer: Claudio Steinberg
Editor: Sergio Liberman
Soundtrack Editor: Israel David
Original Soundtrack: Alon Olearchick ,Itai Abramovich
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, The Israeli Film Fund, United Films, Herzeliya Studios
Cast: Angelica Vale ,Angel Bonanni, Rodrigo Gonzáles, Hilla Vidor
Script: Elisa Dor
Subtitles: English
Film Name in Hebrew: סלסה תל אביב
Category: Art and Culture / Family / Immigration
Tag Words: dancer foreign worker Immigration romantic comedy salsa single mother
Vicki, a Mexican salsa dancer and a poor single mother, leaves her young son with her mother and flies to Israel dressed as a nun in order to sneak in. She plans to work and follow Beto, her boyfriend and the father of her child. On the plane she meets Yoni, a young Israeli scientist, who is on his way back to Israel from a research trip, to marry his rich girlfriend Dafna. During the long flight, a strange, amusing friendship develops.
Festivals and Awards:
International Film Festival, Guadalajara, Mexico, 2011; World Cinema International Film Festival, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2011; Contra Costa Jewish Film Festival, USA, 2012; Richmond Jewish Community Center, USA, 2011; Caracas Jewish Film Festival, Venezuela, 2011; Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival, USA, 2011; UK Jewish Film Festival, 2011; Moscow Israeli Film Festival, Russia, 2011; Omaha Jewish Film Festival, USA, 2011; Rio de Janeiro Jewish Film Festival, Brazil, 2011; Sao Paulo Jewish Film Festival, Brazil, 2011; Jerusalem International Film Festival, Israel, 2011
Director: Jorge Weller
Producer: Zvi Spealmann
Cinematographer: Claudio Steinberg
Editor: Sergio Liberman
Soundtrack Editor: Israel David
Original Soundtrack: Alon Olearchick ,Itai Abramovich
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, The Israeli Film Fund, United Films, Herzeliya Studios
Cast: Angelica Vale ,Angel Bonanni, Rodrigo Gonzáles, Hilla Vidor
Script: Elisa Dor
Subtitles: English
Film Name in Hebrew: סלסה תל אביב
Category: Art and Culture / Family / Immigration
Tag Words: dancer foreign worker Immigration romantic comedy salsa single mother
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