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Over the Ocean

Jan 2, 1991 · 1h 31m
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Menachem and Rosa Greenberg, a couple of Holocaust survivors, have had a difficult life. Their friend, Morris Greenspan, made his fortune in Canada through shady deals, and is a despicable character who urges the couple to emigrate from Israel to the good life in Canada. Their son, Chaim "Chaimon" Greenberg, is aware of the growing conflicts in his parents' home in light of their financial difficulties and the interference of their mysterious friend, who is also secretly courting his mother. His sister, Miri, is a naive teenager who falls under the spell of Shultz "the Hontroveltnik". Other participants in the film include Oshik Levi as the taxi driver, their neighbor and friend of their parents, Shai Idelson as Gaby, Chaimon's best friend and the taxi driver's son, and Sini Pater as Uncle Leizer from the kibbutz, who represents the Zionist antithesis to Morris's exile and smoothness. In the end, after a crisis that threatens the narrator's world, the family decides to stay in Israel.

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CAST

Aryeh Moskona
Menachem Goldfarb
Dafna Rechter
Roza Goldfarb
Moti Gilad
Morris Greenspan
Nicky Goldstein
Mili Avital
Miri Goldfarb
Yair Lapid
Shultz
Uri Alter
Haim Goldfarb
Oshik Levi
Taxi Driver
Directed by Jacob Goldwasser

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Status
Released
Original language
HE
Budget
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Revenue
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Country
IL
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