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The Galilee Eskimos (2010)

1h 35m

Running Time

The Galilee Eskimos (2010)

Name: The Galilee Eskimos
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 2010-02-07

1h 35m

Running Time

Plot.

An old Kibbutz isolated in the Hills of Galilee in Israel find itself immersed in deep debt and threatened by lawsuits from bankers and creditors to the point of bankruptcy. On the evening prior to the arrival of the bailiffs, the great exodus begins. Men, women and children abandon their homes, taking with them all their possessions. The sun rises over an abandoned and desolate kibbutz. No living soul can be seen. Twelve senior citizens awake in the kibbutz old people's home to discover they have been deserted and left to fend for themselves. The group initially sink into deep depression, but later begin to organize an effective communal unit. They begin to rebuild the kibbutz.

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Cast & Crew.

Jonathan Paz

Director

Avi Koren

Director of Photography

Germaine Unikovsky

Durkeh

Mosko Alkalai

Mundek

Dina Doron

Fanny

שמעון ישראלי

Yulek

Ruth Segal

Chesha

Gabi Amrani

Yoske

Levana Finkelstein

Miraleh

Shmuel Shiloh

Faybel

Joshua Sobol

Writer

Uri Ophir

Composer

Media.

Details.

Release Date
February 7, 2010

Original Name
Eskimosim ba Galil

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 35m

Genres
Comedy Drama

Last updated: 2025-02-17

Wiki.

The Galilee Eskimos (Hebrew: אסקימוסים בגליל) is a 2006 comedy-drama film directed, produced and co-written by Jonathan Paz, based on a screenplay by Yehoshua Sobol.

The plot revolves around the demise of an old and isolated kibbutz in Galilee, which falls into heavy debt, is declared bankrupt, and abandoned overnight by its members. Twelve elderly kibbutz members are left behind to fend for themselves in the kibbutz's retirement home, akin to elderly Eskimos being abandoned to die.

The film was shot at Kibbutz Yehiam and premiered at the Haifa International Film Festival in September 2006. It participated in the Toronto International Film Festival and the Montreal World Film Festival.