Saturday,
March 29 at 8:30pm
Israeli
Film Festival
Jellyfish
dir.
Etgar Keret, Israel, 2007,
35mm, 78 mins, color, Hebrew
w/English subtitles
Director
Etgar Keret in person
 Jellyfish
tells the story of three very different Tel Aviv women
who weave an unlikely portrait of modern Israeli life. Batya,
a catering waitress, takes in a child apparently abandoned at
a local beach. Batya is one of the servers at the wedding reception
of Keren. Also at the wedding is Joy, a non Hebrew-speaking
domestic worker who has left her son behind in the Philippines.
As this distaff trio separately wends their way through Israel's
most cosmopolitan city, they struggle with issues of communication,
affection and destiny.
Winner Camera D'Or, Cannes Film Festival, 2007; Official selection
Toronto Film Festival, 2007
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