| I Love You Rosa | |
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| Directed by | Moshé Mizrahi |
| Written by | Moshé Mizrahi |
| Produced by | Yoram Globus Menahem Golan Itzik Kol |
| Starring | Zivi Avramson |
| Cinematography | Adam Greenberg |
| Edited by | Dov Hoenig |
| Music by | Dov Seltzer |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country | Israel |
| Language | Hebrew |
I Love You Rosa (Hebrew: אני אוהב אותך רוזה, romanized: Ani Ohev Otach Roza) is a 1972 Israeli film directed by Moshé Mizrahi. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.[1] It was also entered into the 1972 Cannes Film Festival.[2]
Plot
Based on the life of director Mizrachi's mother[3][4] in late 19th century Jerusalem, the flashback-framed plot involves a young, childless, Sephardic-Mizrahi widow under pressure to comply with ancient law and eventually marry her late husband's little brother, Nissim, a grief-stricken eleven-year-old at odds with his other brother and sister-in-law, in whose home he lives. Much against her inclination for independence,[5] the widowed Rosa takes him in with the rabbi's permission, earning a living for them both, and seeing to his education and beginnings of a gainful occupation for him. As he grows into an adolescent with changing affections toward her, and other suitors remain open to her,[6][7] conflicts flare. And Nissim disappears. Five years later, when he returns as a young man, it is from Europe, with an education and livelihood of his own, confronting Rosa's determination to possess her own freedom, and the long-postponed legal decision between them.[8]
Jerusalem had a brief but heavy snowfall during the shoot; the filmmakers incorporated it beautifully into the script rather than work around it.
Cast
In alphabetical order
- Zivi Avramson - Esther
- Naomi Bachar - Luna
- Michal Bat-Adam - Rosa
- Yehuda Efroni - Don Yitzhak
- Levana Finkelstein - Jamila
- Esther Grotes - Alegra
- Gunther Hirschberg - narrator
- Avner Hizkiyahu - Rabbi
- Elisheva Michaeli - Regina
- Gabi Otterman - young Nissim
- Aliza Rosen - Rabbi's wife
- Yosef Shiloach - Eli
- Moshe Tal - adult Nissim
- Sharit Yishai - Fortuna
See also
References
- ↑ "The 45th Academy Awards (1973) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-11-30.
- ↑ "Festival de Cannes: I Love You Rosa". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-04-13.
- ↑ "I Love You Rosa". Amazon. 31 March 2009.
- ↑ "I Love You Rosa - DVD Netflix".
- ↑ "I Love You Rosa".
- ↑ "I Love You, Rosa - Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes.
- ↑ "I Love You Rosa".
- ↑ "I Love You Rosa".