Kedma is renowned israeli filmmaker amos gitai s powerful drama about a group of european jewish refugees who arrive at palestine in the critical year of 1948. Kedma is a 2002 israeli film directed by amos gitai and starring andrei kashkar and helena yaralova. A leading actor from 1999 he was head of almidan theater in haifa in october. Movie search results for on promised land allmovie. Find information about on promised land watch on promised land on allmovie. It was entered into the 2002 cannes film festival plot.
We dont encode or broadcast any hd signals, we dont provide the ability to download free hd movies or download movies to watch online free, only we provide information about the most popular movies released in 2020. With rosamund pike, diana bespechni, hanna schygulla, anne parillaud. Amos gitais promised land wins peace prize in venice. The transformational journey of exodus, from the slavery of ego to the promised land.
Published by epicentre films france arena of murder the dvd amos gitai. Promised land tells the story of a group of young unwitting estonian girls smuggled through egypt to be auctioned off as prostitutes in israel, and of their initiation into this trade of flesh, and finally of the. War of the sons of light against the sons of darkness the 1992. One night in the sinai desert, a group of men and women warm themselves around a.
The traffic in sex slaves from eastern europe is not pretty, so it makes perfect sense that amos gitai should choose to make his drama on the subject, promised land, depressing, brutal and. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Promised land tells the story of a group of young unwitting. Promised land tells the story of a group of young unwitting estonian girls smuggled through egypt to be auctioned off as prostitutes in israel, and of their initiation into this trade of flesh. This film from leading israeli filmmaker amos gitai takes a serious look at the troubling world of middle eastern prostitution. Born in haifa in 1950, as the second son of architect munio weinraub and former sionist activist efratia margalit. With amos gitai, clara khoury, makram khoury, hilla vidor. Gitai depicts israel as a huge capitalist brothel in the age of globalization.
Promised land 2004, by the israeli filmmaker amos gitai, represents sexual exploitation of illegal migrants in the early 21st century as a warlike situation that is permeated with allusions to the. Much of it is strictly observational, though there are some effectively didactic juxtapositions and several. One night in the sinai desert, a group of men and women warm themselves around a campfire under the moonlight. Many of his films have played the festival, including the documentaries brand new day, the arena of murder, and carmel, and the narrative features berlin jerusalem, kadosh, kippur, kedma, alila, promised land. Amos gitais movie on rabins assassination seems to answer this. Venice vera drake, mike leighs tough tale of a workingclass mother who is caught performing illegal abortions in 1950s england, scooped up the prizes at the venice film festival on saturday, including the coveted golden lion, while israeli director amos gitai. In his latest film, a letter to a friend in gaza, gitai pays homage to albert camus and explores the return to. Films on human trafficking and related issues feature films trade willkommen in amerika youll pay for this 2007 director.
Book of amos, directed by amos gitai conceptually elaborate. It tells the story of a group of east european girls smuggled into israel to serve as prostitutes. By telling the story of two historical pioneers reclaimed from the amber of israeli mythology, gitai explores nothing less than the journey to the promised land, the zionist dream made reality. Promised land is neither a feature film nor a documentary nor anything which can lie in between. On the year of his birth, his parents changed the family name to gitai.
Israels channel 1, the countrys main pubcaster, has decided not to buy amos gitai s new film disengagement on the grounds that the helmer is not israeli enough. Tomorrow theyll sneak across the border and the women will be sold at auction. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the. The women are from eastern europe, the men are bedouin. Feature film human trafficking multimedia resource.
Haaretz hamuvtachat promised land 2004 amos gitai, rosamund pike, diana bespechni, hanna schygulla, drama, thriller march 7, 2016 promised land tells the story of a group of young unwitting. This is susan sontags documentary about israel, shot during the yom kippur war. If you are a seller for this product, would you like to suggest updates through seller support. The land variously called israel and palestine at different times in history, is a small, 10,000 square miles at present land at. Born in haifa in 1950, as the second son of architect munio weinraub and former sionist activist. Tells the story of a group of young unwitting estonian girls smuggled through egypt to be auctioned off as prostitutes in israel, and of their initiation. We dont encode or broadcast any hd signals, we dont provide the ability to download free hd movies or download. Dvd kippur berlinjerusalem esther kedma promised land. Promised land questions the notion of territoriality the traffickers speak all kinds of languages. Amos gitai s concern for oppressed women goes a long way back in time bangkokbahrain, kadosh. Watch promised land online free 2004 full hd movie 01.
Travel with me as i journey to the holy land with my family and close friends. Shot in israel and jordan, the israelibelgianfrenchspanish production stars israeli jewish actress hanna laslo, israeli arab actress hiam abbass, and israeliamerican actress natalie portman. The traffic in sex slaves from eastern europe is not pretty, so it makes perfect sense that amos gitai should choose to make his drama on the. Carried on the deck of the freighter kedma, they come ashore to find not the promised land.