Alex Holeh Ahavah
| Alex Holeh Ahavah | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Boaz Davidson |
| Produced by | Yitzhak Shani |
| Written by | Boaz Davidson |
| Starring | Eitan Anshel Sharon Hacohen Uri Kabiri Avi Kushnir |
| Cinematography | Amnon Salomon |
| Editing by | Bruria Davidson |
| Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | Israel |
| Language | Hebrew Polish |
Alex Holeh Ahavah (Hebrew: אלכס חולה אהבה, English: Alex Is Lovesick) is an Israeli cult film directed by Boaz Davidson which was released in 1986.
[edit] Plot
The film is a romantic comedy which takes place in Israel during the Austerity period of the 1950s. The main character is Alex, a 13-year-old boy who is about to attend his Bar Mitzvah.
Alex comes from a poor, dysfunctional family who shares their apartment with a Persian tenant named Faruk who tries to fight his baldness by means of different creams.
Alex falls in love with the new girl in his class, Mimi. Everything changes when his aunt Lola arrives in Israel from Poland to search for a lost love. They were together when she lived in Poland but he vanished when Nazis conquered the country. Alex falls for his aunt and she on her part gives him more than just maternal love.
The film describes in the exact form the atmosphere that dominated the country in the 1950s, known as the Austerity in Israel including, the black market, the radio broadcasts concentrating on the search for lost relatives, music of the 1950s, the clothes and dresses and pastimes.
[edit] Cast
- Eitan Anshel - Alexander Koprobski
- Sharon Hacohen - Lola
- Uri Kabiri - Fishenzon
- Avi Kushnir - Motke, Shuki's brother
- Jupiter Leonid - Leonid the teacher
- Avraham Mor - Alex' Dad
- Alik Pelman - Shuki
- Shmuel Rodensky - Alex' Rabbi
- Hana Rot - Alex' Mom (as Hannah Roth)
- Hinna Rozovska - Alexander's Grandmother
- Yosef Shiloach - Faruk
- Yael Wasserman - Mimi
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