Director - Arik Kaplun  
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Cast: Nir Levi, Evelyne Kaplun, Shmil Ben-Ari, Moscu Alcalay, Dalia Friedland, Lucy Dubinchik
1999, 90 minutes. Production format: 35mm,
Screening Format: Beta PAL /NTSC
The story of Russian immigrants who land in the brave new world of TLV, Israel during the time of the Gulf War. As scud missiles fly overhead, and an entire country locks itself into airtight rooms, Yana and her friends wrestle with the problems of immigrants everywhere: language, culture, money, jobs and love.
Yana is young, beautiful and pregnant abandoned by her husband, and left to fend for herself in the flat she shares with Eli, a twenty something Israeli wedding photographer, with a passion for casual sex. Eli is also a professional voyeur, who uses his video camera to capture private moments in other people’s lives. Yana’s presence in his own apartment proves irresistible to Eli who turns the drama of her life into his own pet project. When the threat from Saddam Hussein’s poison gas missiles forces both of them into the same sealed bedroom, their stories merge, sparks fly, and love blossoms.
Grand Prix Best Actress, Ecumenical Jury Award - Karlovy Vary IFF, 1999
Wolgin Award & Honorable Mention - Jerusalem Film Festival, 1999
Public Prize & Cine Bnc D’essai - Cinema Mediterraneer Montpellier, 1999
Artistic Expression Award – MedFilm Festival, 1999
10 Israeli Academy Awards inc Best Picture, Best Script, Best Actors
Best Foreign Film – World Fest Houstan, 2000
Audience Award – IsraFest Film Festival, 2000
Jury Prize & Best Actress – Cinemanila International Film Festival, 2000
Script: Arik Kaplun, Simeon Vinokur
Editor: Tali Halter, Einat Glazer-Zarchin
Photography: Valentin Belonogov
Music: Avi Binyamin
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