The Matchmaker
Film poster
Directed byAvi Nesher
Screenplay byAvi Nesher
Based onWhen Heroes Fly
by Amir Gutfreund
Produced byAvi Nesher
Ishay Mor
Chilik Michaeli
StarringAdir Miller
Tuval Shafir
CinematographyMichel Abramowicz
Edited byIsaac Sehayek
Music byPhilippe Sarde
Production
company
Metro Communications
Distributed byMenemsha Films
Release date
  • October 17, 2010 (2010-10-17) (Toronto International Film FestivalTIFF)
Running time
112 minutes
CountryIsrael
LanguageHebrew
Budget₪7,684,104

The Matchmaker (Hebrew: פעם הייתי, lit. "Once I Was") is a 2010 Israeli film written, directed and produced by Avi Nesher, based on the novel When Heroes Fly by award-winning author Amir Gutfreund. It premiered as an official selection at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival and later that year won the Silver Plaque award at the Chicago International Film Festival. It received seven nominations for Israel's Ophir Awards in 2010, including Best Picture, where Adir Miller also won in the Best Actor category and Maya Dagan won in the Best Actress category.[1]

Cast

  • Tuval Shafir as Arik Burstein
  • Adir Miller as Yankel Braiyd
  • Maya Dagan as Clara Epstein
  • Dror Keren as Meir the Librarian
  • Dov Navon as Yozi Burstein
  • Yarden Bar-Kochva as Nili Burstein
  • Neta Porat as Tamara
  • Bat-El Papura as Sylvia
  • Kobi Faraj as Moshe Abadi
  • Yael Leventhal as Tikva Abadi
  • Tom Gal as Benny Abadi
  • Eyal Shechter as Arik Burstein (adult)
  • Yaakov Bodo as Adv. Segalson
  • Eli Yatzpan as Uncle Nadgi

Soundtrack

References

  1. "The Matchmaker". Retrieved October 27, 2012.


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