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Aliyah

Aliyah

Alyah

2012
DVD
616892185512
Crime | Drama | Film Movement | Foreign | Thriller
France | French | Color | 01:30

this film premiered at the cannes festival 2012
Alex, 27, lives in a working-class Paris neighborhood and sells drugs for a living, continuously paying off the debts of his brother Isaac (played by French auteur Cedric Kahn), who's becoming a real burden. When his cousin, who has just returned from completing his military service in Israel, tells him he's opening a restaurant in Tel Aviv, Alex thinks that joining him might be the life-changing opportunity he was waiting for. But in order to leave, Alex must quickly find enough money and accomplish his "aliyah" (the term for Jews emigrating to Israel) which involves, among other things, Hebrew lessons and connecting with his Jewish roots. He also has to leave behind his beloved city of Paris, his former lover Esther, his lifelong friend Mathias, and Jeanne, a woman whom he's just met but has the potential of becoming someone important in his life. Torn between making his aliyah, his drug selling, his complicated love life and a destructive brother, Alex will have to find his own way and make a final decision.


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Pio Marmaï Alex Raphaelson
Cédric Kahn Isaac Raphaelson
Adele Haenel Jeanne
Guillaume Gouix Mathias
Sarah Le Picard Esther
David Geselson Nathan
Olivier Desautel Polo
Jean-Marie Winling Le père
Mar Sodupe Anaëlle
Aimé Vaucher Gabriel
Bertrand Constant Claude
Marion Picard Rébecca
Brigitte Jaques La tante
Louise Roch Lucie
Jean-Baptiste Azéma Le client
Sophie Bacry Picciotto Secrétaire consistoire
Zohar Wexler Nadav
Djibril Gueye Ami Polo 1
Kianoush Moghadam Ami Polo 2
Daniel Eliya Le vigile de l'agence juive
Michaël Abiteboul Le shalliah
Laura Picut Extra

Edition details

Edition Film Movement
Nr Discs 1
Distributor Film Movement
Layers Single side, Single layer
Regions 1