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Be Happy Tonight
Shuli and Moti are a young ultra-Orthodox couple and parents of three children. One evening they decide to change their identities and travel to the other side of town for a night out. They want to feel the freedom and temptations that secular nightlife has to offer. Slowly they start to do things their religious beliefs forbid. Exposed and confused, they will have to deal with the consequences.
Festivals and Awards:
Winner of Best Foreign Language Short, NYC Shorts, New York, USA, 2016; The International Festival of the Art of Cinematography CAMERIMAGE, Bydgoszcz, Poland, 2016; Cinemaiubit Short Film, Romania, 2016.
Director: Leah Tonic
Producer: Eyal Tzadik
Production Company: The Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film School
Cinematographer: Saar Mizrachi
Editor: Noy Barak
Soundtrack Editor: Nil
Original Soundtrack: Nitay Gvirats
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, The Jerusalem Film & Television Fund
Cast: Nicholas Jacob, Yula Igra
Script: Leah Tonic
Subtitles: English
Film Name in Hebrew: שתהיי שמחה היום
Category: Family / Identity / Israeli Society / Religion / Student Films
Tag Words: Haredi nightlife Ultra Orthodox young couple
Shuli and Moti are a young ultra-Orthodox couple and parents of three children. One evening they decide to change their identities and travel to the other side of town for a night out. They want to feel the freedom and temptations that secular nightlife has to offer. Slowly they start to do things their religious beliefs forbid. Exposed and confused, they will have to deal with the consequences.
Festivals and Awards:
Winner of Best Foreign Language Short, NYC Shorts, New York, USA, 2016; The International Festival of the Art of Cinematography CAMERIMAGE, Bydgoszcz, Poland, 2016; Cinemaiubit Short Film, Romania, 2016.
Director: Leah Tonic
Producer: Eyal Tzadik
Production Company: The Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film School
Cinematographer: Saar Mizrachi
Editor: Noy Barak
Soundtrack Editor: Nil
Original Soundtrack: Nitay Gvirats
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, The Jerusalem Film & Television Fund
Cast: Nicholas Jacob, Yula Igra
Script: Leah Tonic
Subtitles: English
Film Name in Hebrew: שתהיי שמחה היום
Category: Family / Identity / Israeli Society / Religion / Student Films
Tag Words: Haredi nightlife Ultra Orthodox young couple
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