Project Details

 

  An Israeli French co-production ⬥ A Road Movie comedy
Winner of the public award of the 9th Festival of Israeli Cinema in Paris
Winner of the public award of The Sao Paulo Israeli Film Festival
Mediterranean Film Festival in Montpellier – Official selection
Jerusalem Film Festival – Official selection
87 Minutes ⬥ Color ⬥ Language: Hebrew/French< br> Subtitles: English/French/Hebrew ⬥ 16X9 ⬥ DCP ⬥ 35mm ⬥ Dolby SR
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  Max Leibovitch is a high ranking official from the French ministry of Finance. Having just arrived in Israel for a very important meeting, he gets sick with Jerusalem Syndrome, consequently believing that he is the prophet Jonah, and thus, like Jonah from the bible, tries to carry out his holy mission.
At the same time in Tel Aviv, Avi, a young Israeli freshly returned from India, is in love with Ivana, a Russian prostitute working in Igor’s whorehouse in the suburbs of the city. Learning that she has been sold to another pimp, he decides to free her at any cost.
For this purpose, he steals a collective cab, but only too late does he realize that the vehicle is not empty, and he ends up bringing along on his quest a colorful troupe of characters: Hadassah, a sexy soldier; Shelly, a new age waitress on her way to a love and meditation festival in the desert; Ilan, a religious student from a French yeshiva on a special mission for his “rebbe”; and of course, the French Jonah.

With the furious Georgian pimp on their trail, the passengers connect and bond in an exciting journey. Chased by the mafia, the police, and by the French consulate in Israel, their adventure will take them from the Holy City of Jerusalem, to Tel Aviv, to the sea-shore, and finally, to the middle of the desert where the adventure will reach its climax at the love and meditation festival.

Starring: Lionel Abelanski ⬥ Dan Herzberg ⬥ Liron Levo ⬥ Lucy Dubinchek ⬥ Roni Hadar ⬥ Haim Znati ⬥ Albert Iluz ⬥ Gala Kogen ⬥ Emmanuel Halperin