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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
Category: History / Identity / Judaism and Jewish Culture / Old Age / Religion / Women
Tag Words: Druze village Galilee Jews Margalit Zeinati Peqiin struggle Synagogue
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
Category: History / Identity / Judaism and Jewish Culture / Old Age / Religion / Women
Tag Words: Druze village Galilee Jews Margalit Zeinati Peqiin struggle Synagogue
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