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Followed by a Q&A with director Ayelet Menahemi and actress/co-writer Eleanor Sela in conversation with Shirit Kedar. Set in Jerusalem in the early 90’s, Marie, a Moroccan-Jewish bride, is marrying Dan, the son of French Ashkenazi parents. The family wedding and the numerous gatherings that follow offer a boisterous insight into this large ...
3 feb 2021 · If these ‘conversations’ are often drowned out by daily distractions and planning, the US-based filmmaker Andrew Hinton builds a scene where they cry out for attention in this short film, which adapts two of Whyte’s ‘Blessing’ poems – ‘Blessing for Sound’ and ‘Blessing for the Light’. Whyte, born in England to an Irish ...
9 nov 2023 · Seven Blessings, from director Ayelet Menahemi, is filmed like a documentary with a tremendous helping of crosstalk, yet somehow the important pieces of dialogue are still always discernible. A cast of actors and non-actors, including Sela’s own great-uncle, who is deaf and introduces and closes the film as Marie’s Uncle Joseph, brings this rich and complex story to wondrous life.
About the Film. In this bittersweet dramedy sweeping the Israeli Academy Awards with 10 wins, including Best Film, a boisterous Moroccan-Jewish clan reunites for a cross-cultural wedding that surfaces festering secrets. In early ‘90s Jerusalem, a diverse family celebrates a Moroccan-Jewish bride and French-Ashkenazi groom’s union, infusing ...
Marie travels from France to Israel, where her family now lives, to marry her one true love. A week of festive meals honor the bride, but old wounds are reopened.
- Comedy, Drama
10 ISRAELI ACADEMY AWARDS including BEST PICTURE ISRAEL'S OFFICIAL OSCARS ENTRY Marie was just two years old when her mother gifted her to her infertile sister, a common Moroccan custom at the time. 40 years later, Marie travels from France to Israel, where her family now lives, to marry her one true love. Her warm and excited family is preparing for the custom of "Seven Blessings"- a week of ...
7 set 2023 · Seven Blessings: Directed by Ayelet Menahemi. With Reymonde Amsellem, Tikva Dayan, Rivka Bahar, Eleanor Sela. Marie travels from France to Israel, where her family now lives, to marry her one true love.
