June 6, 2003
Release Date

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Alila (2003)

Name: Alila
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 2003-06-06

2h 2m

Running Time

June 6, 2003
Release Date

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Plot.

Life in a Tel Aviv apartment complex, an urban mosaic whose seedy characters, try as they might, can't get out of one another's faces. Gabi, a bobbed haired sexpot, and her lover Hezi—who's older, balding and married—rent a room to have an affair, while Ezra, a pot bellied divorcee, supervises an illegal construction site next door. All this racket drives Schwartz, a Holocaust survivor, to a mental breakdown. Other characters include illegal Chinese immigrants, a teenage boy who's afraid to serve in the army, and a corrupt police detective.

Where to Watch.

Rent

Subs

Free

Currently Alila is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Amazon Video, Chai Flicks, Kino Film Collection, Kanopy

Streaming in:
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Details.

Release Date
June 6, 2003

Original Name
עלילה

Status
Released

Running Time
2h 2m

Genres
Comedy Drama

Last updated: 2024-09-07

This Movie Is About.

tel aviv

Wiki.

Alila is a 2003 Israeli film directed by Amos Gitai and starring Yaël Abecassis, Uri Klauzner, and Hanna Laslo. The drama follows half a dozen very different characters through their lives in modern-day Israel, giving Gitai an opportunity to comment on his country's top social issues.

The film received mixed reviews. Newsday called it, "sexy, colorful, courageous and boldly entertaining," and the Village Voice called the director "Israel's one man new wave"; Stephen Holden of The New York Times stated: "There really isn't a likable character in the movie, which opens today in Manhattan. The filmmaker's jaundiced view of humanity is matched by his eye for the ugly".