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Self Made
Directed byShira Geffen
Written byShira Geffen
Produced byDavid Mandil
Moshe Edery
Leon Edery
StarringSarah Adler
Samira Saraya
Doraid Liddawi
Release date
16 May 2014
CountryIsrael
LanguagesHebrew, Arabic, French with English subtitles

Self Made (Hebrew: Boreg) is a 2014 Israeli film directed by Shira Geffen.

Synopsis

The film follows an Israeli artist (Michal) and Palestinian DIY store clerk (Nadine) who swap their lives because of a mix-up at a border security checkpoint.[1][2][3][4][5]

Cast

  • Sarah Adler as Michal
  • Samira Saraya as Nadine
  • Doraid Liddawi
  • Na'ama Shoham
  • Ziyad Bakri

Critical reception

The film was presented at the Cannes Film Festival and at the Jerusalem Film Festival.[1] It was also shown at the opening night of the AICE Israeli Film Festival in Melbourne, Australia.[5]

In a review for The Hollywood Reporter, critic Clarence Tsui said the film was full of "black humor" and "surreal episodes to talk about gritty issues in reality."[2] She added, "What Geffen is trying to put across is how an individual's appearance is just a façade."[2] She concluded that it was, "an entertaining and pensive thought about the straitjackets imposed on women or maybe just about everyone else too."[2]

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