Aliyah
Film poster
Directed byElie Wajeman
Written byGaëlle Macé
Elie Wajeman
Produced byLola Gans
StarringAdele Haenel, Cédric Kahn
CinematographyDavid Chizallet
Distributed byRézo Films (France), Film Movement (USA)[1]
Release date
Running time
90 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguagesFrench, Hebrew
Budget$1.8 million[2]
Box office$275.000[3]

Aliyah (French: Alyah) is a 2012 French drama film directed by Elie Wajeman.[4][5]

Plot

Alex, a 27-year-old Jewish drug dealer who lives in Paris, plans to do his Aliyah and move to Israel for the chance of a better life.[4][5][6] His brother, Isaac, keeps pestering him for money.[4][5] During the course of a Shabbat dinner at their aunt's house, we learn they lack parental support.[4] Alex's desire to move to Israel is not so much grown out of Zionism, but because nothing holds him back in France, in spite of his recent encounter with a gentile girl, Jeanne.[4][5][6] The final scene highlights Israel's multicultural culture.[4]

Cast

Reception

The film was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.[7][8] It was also shown at the 2012 Haifa International Film Festival and the Cabourg Film Festival.[9][10]

Variety reviewed the film favorably, suggesting the cast was "solid." and that the film deserve a "wider audience" than "Francophone arthouses and Jewish fests".[4] For Les Echos, it is "the best French film in a long time", as it shows many social classes in Paris, and admits the fact that Paris, as pretty as it is, has nothing left to offer.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Gregg Kilday, Film Movement Picks Up Elie Wajeman's 'Aliyah', The Hollywood Reporter, 14 June 2012
  2. ↑ JP. "Alyah (2012)- JPBox-Office". www.jpbox-office.com. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "ALYAH (2012)". JP' Box-Office. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Boyd van Hoeij, Aliyah, Variety, 20 May 2012
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Adrien Gombeaud, Alyah d'Elie Wajeman, Les Echos, 19 September 2012
  6. 1 2 Guillaume Loison, Alyah d’Elie Wajeman Archived 23 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Le Nouvel Observateur, 18 September 2012
  7. ↑ Leffler, Rebecca (24 April 2012). "Cannes 2012: Michel Gondry's 'The We & The I' to Open Director's Fortnight". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
  8. ↑ "2012 Selection". quinzaine-realisateurs.com. Directors' Fortnight. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
  9. ↑ http://www.haifaff.co.il/eng/Movie%20Info.php?id=6227
  10. ↑ "Festival du Film de Cabourg - Home". Festival du Film de Cabourg. Archived from the original on 22 January 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
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