Turn Left at the End of the World

Turn Left at the End of the World
Directed byAvi Nesher
Written bySara Ezer
Avi Nesher
Ruby Porat Shoval
Produced bySamuel Hadida
Avi Nesher
Mickey Rabinowitz
StarringNetta Garti
Liraz Charhi
CinematographyDavid Gurfinkel
Edited byMarie-Pierre Renaud
Music byKrishna Levy
Production
company
Davis-Films
Distributed byMetro Communications (Israel)
Metropolitan Film Export (France)
Release date
  • 24 March 2004 (2004-03-24)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryIsrael
LanguagesHebrew
French
English
Hindi
Judeo-Moroccan Arabic

Turn Left at the End of the World (Hebrew: סוף העולם שמאלה, Sof HaOlam Smola) is a 2004 Israeli film written, produced and directed by Avi Nesher and starring Netta Garti and Liraz Charhi.

Plot

The film takes place in a small Negev development town in 1968 and narrates the struggle of Moroccan and Indian olim, focusing on the relationship between two girls, Sarah Talkar and Nicole Shushan.

Cast

Production

Outdoor scenes were filmed in Midreshet Ben-Gurion.

Reception

The film participated in international film festivals in the United States, Australia, India and European countries, and received several awards, including the Audience Award at the festival Taormina Film Fest and the Jury Prize at the Tokyo International Film Festival. Following its release in Israel, the film sold over 600,000 tickets, breaking box office records.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Israel's smash-hit decade The Jerusalem Post, 25 January 2010
  2. ^ Israeli cinema has arrived Israel 21c, 25 March 2007