| Shiva | |
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 Promotional poster | |
| Directed by | Ronit Elkabetz Shlomi Elkabetz |
| Written by | Ronit Elkabetz Shlomi Elkabetz |
| Produced by | Guy Jacoel Yochanan Kredo Elie Meirovitz Eylon Ratzkovsky Jean-Philippe Reza Yossi Uzrad |
| Starring | Ronit Elkabetz Albert Iluz Yaël Abecassis Simon Abkarian Hana Laszlo Moshe Ivgy Keren Mor Alon Aboutboul |
| Cinematography | Yaron Scharf |
| Edited by | Joel Alexis |
| Music by | Michel Korb Sergio Leonardi |
| Distributed by | Les Films du Losange |
Release dates |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
| Country | Israel |
| Languages | French Hebrew Moroccan Arabic |
Shiva is a 2008 Israeli drama film, also known by its English title as 7 Days, Seven Days and The Seven Days by Ronit Elkabetz and Shlomi Elkabetz. It is the second feature to be directed by the siblings following the unhappy marriage of Viviane Amsalem following 2004's To Take a Wife. In 2014 it was succeeded by the final film in the trilogy Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem.
Plot
For seven days a large family of Moroccan descent observes the Jewish mourning ritual of shiva when a brother dies. Living together again reveals many tensions and conflicts between family members. Amid the tensions, the Gulf War rages in the background.[1][2][3]
Cast
- Ronit Elkabetz as Vivianne
- Albert Lluz as Meir
- Yael Abecassis as Lili
- Simon Abkarian as Eliau
- Hana Laszlo as Ita
- Moshe Ivgy as Haim
- Keren Mor as Ilana
- Alon Aboutboul as Itamar
Reception
The film received mixed reviews. Variety compared it unfavourably to To Take a Wife while at the same time praising the acting as "flawless".[4] The Jerusalem Post wondered "why they ha[d] been asked to spend two hours listening to the angry resentments of a disintegrating family, even if they admire the cast and co-directors' skill..."[5]
References
- ↑ "Israeli film maker Ronit Elkabetz" Euro News. Retrieved 28 June 2010
- ↑ "Israeli films favored in Cannes" Ynetnews 16 May 2008
- ↑ "Israeli family sitting 'Shiva; finds all its enemies within" 19 February 2009. Jewish Weekly
- ↑ Weissberg, Jay. "Review: 'The Seven Days'". Variety. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
- ↑ Brown, Hannah. "Movie review: Seven Days of anguish". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
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