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==Reception==
==Reception==
The film was screened in the [[Directors' Fortnight]] section at the [[2012 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Leffler|first=Rebecca|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/michel-gondry-cannes-film-festival-directors-fortnight-314985|title=Cannes 2012: Michel Gondry’s 'The We & The I' to Open Director's Fortnight|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|accessdate=28 April 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.quinzaine-realisateurs.com/2012-selection-h201.html|title=2012 Selection|work=quinzaine-realisateurs.com|publisher=[[Directors' Fortnight]]|accessdate=28 April 2012}}</ref> It was also shown at the 2012 [[Haifa International Film Festival]] and the [[Cabourg Film Festival]].<ref>[http://www.haifaff.co.il/eng/Movie%20Info.php?id=6227 Haifa Film Festival]</ref><ref>[http://www.festival-cabourg.com/films/f243_alyah.php Festival du film de Cabourg]</ref>
The film was screened in the [[Directors' Fortnight]] section at the [[2012 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Leffler|first=Rebecca|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/michel-gondry-cannes-film-festival-directors-fortnight-314985|title=Cannes 2012: Michel Gondry’s 'The We & The I' to Open Director's Fortnight|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|accessdate=28 April 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.quinzaine-realisateurs.com/2012-selection-h201.html |title=2012 Selection |work=quinzaine-realisateurs.com |publisher=[[Directors' Fortnight]] |accessdate=28 April 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426224019/http://www.quinzaine-realisateurs.com:80/2012-selection-h201.html |archivedate=26 April 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref> It was also shown at the 2012 [[Haifa International Film Festival]] and the [[Cabourg Film Festival]].<ref>[http://www.haifaff.co.il/eng/Movie%20Info.php?id=6227 Haifa Film Festival]</ref><ref>[http://www.festival-cabourg.com/films/f243_alyah.php Festival du film de Cabourg]</ref>


''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' reviewed the film favorably, suggesting the cast was "solid." and that the film deserve a "wider audience" than "Francophone arthouses and Jewish fests".<ref name="variety"/> For ''[[Les Échos (France)|Les Echos]]'', it is "the best French film in a long time", as it shows many social classes in Paris, and admits the fact that Paris, as pretty as it is, has nothing left to offer.<ref name="lesechos"/>
''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' reviewed the film favorably, suggesting the cast was "solid." and that the film deserve a "wider audience" than "Francophone arthouses and Jewish fests".<ref name="variety"/> For ''[[Les Échos (France)|Les Echos]]'', it is "the best French film in a long time", as it shows many social classes in Paris, and admits the fact that Paris, as pretty as it is, has nothing left to offer.<ref name="lesechos"/>

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Alyah
Film poster
Directed byElie Wajeman
Written byGaëlle Macé
Elie Wajeman
Produced byLola Gans
StarringAdele Haenel, Cédric Kahn
CinematographyDavid Chizallet
Distributed byRézo Films (France), Film Movement (USA)[1]
Release date
Running time
90 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguagesFrench, Hebrew
Budget$1.5 million
Box office$275,000[2]

Alyah is a 2012 French drama film directed by Elie Wajeman.[3][4]

Plot

Alex, a 27-year-old Jewish drug dealer who lives in Paris, plans to do his Aliyah and move to Israel for the chance of a better life.[3][4][5] His brother, Isaac, keeps pestering him for money.[3][4] During the course of a Shabbat dinner at their aunt's house, we learn they lack parental support.[3] Alex's desire to move to Israel is not so much grown out of Zionism, but because nothing holds him back in France, in spite of his recent encounter with a gentile girl, Jeanne.[3][4][5] The final scene highlights Israel's multicultural culture.[3]

Cast

  • Pio Marmaï as Alex Raphaelson
  • Cédric Kahn as Isaac Raphaelson
  • Adèle Haenel as Jeanne
  • Guillaume Gouix as Mathias
  • Sarah Lepicard as Esther
  • David Geselson as Nathan
  • Olivier Desautel as Polo
  • Jean-Marie Winling as the father
  • Mar Sodupe as Anaëlle
  • Aimé Vaucher as Gabriel
  • Bertrand Constant as Claude
  • Marion Picard as Rébecca
  • Brigitte Jaques-Wajeman as the aunt
  • Louise Roch as Lucie
  • Jean-Baptiste Azéma as the customer
  • Sophie Piccioto as the secretary of the consistory
  • Zohar Wexler as Nadav
  • Djibril Gueye as a friend of Polo's
  • Kianoush Moghadam as another friend of Polo's
  • Daniel Eliya as the security guard of the Jewish agent's
  • Michaël Abiteboul as the shaliah

Reception

The film was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.[6][7] It was also shown at the 2012 Haifa International Film Festival and the Cabourg Film Festival.[8][9]

Variety reviewed the film favorably, suggesting the cast was "solid." and that the film deserve a "wider audience" than "Francophone arthouses and Jewish fests".[3] For Les Echos, it is "the best French film in a long time", as it shows many social classes in Paris, and admits the fact that Paris, as pretty as it is, has nothing left to offer.[4]

References

  1. ^ Gregg Kilday, Film Movement Picks Up Elie Wajeman's 'Aliyah', The Hollywood Reporter, 6/14/2012
  2. ^ "ALYAH (2012)". JP' Box-Office. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Boyd van Hoeij, Aliyah, Variety, 20 May 2012
  4. ^ a b c d e Adrien Gombeaud, Alyah d'Elie Wajeman, Les Echos, 19/09/2012
  5. ^ a b Guillaume Loison, Alyah d’Elie Wajeman, Le Nouvel Observateur, 18 September 2012
  6. ^ Leffler, Rebecca. "Cannes 2012: Michel Gondry's 'The We & The I' to Open Director's Fortnight". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
  7. ^ "2012 Selection". quinzaine-realisateurs.com. Directors' Fortnight. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ Haifa Film Festival
  9. ^ Festival du film de Cabourg
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