The Dybbuk of the Holy Apple Field

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• Genre(s): Drama, Romance
• Language(s): English
• Director(s): Yossi Somer
• Cast(s): Yehezkel Lazarov, Moshe Ivgy, Igal Naor, Ayelet Zurer

• Duration: 1h 33min
• Award(s): Special Jury 2000 (Won)
  Best Film 1998 (Nominated) Awards List
• Similar To: Saving Onome, Turtles All the Way Down
• Story:
  This mythic love story set in a timeless, lavishly colorful and mystical Jerusalem incorporates hard rock, striking set design, computer-generated imagery and modern-day tensions between the secular and the Orthodox worlds. Hanan, a handsome young traveler - who has pierced ears and wears grungy flannel shirts - falls in love with Lea, the beautiful daughter of a leader in the religious community. Unbeknownst to the couple, a deal was struck, years earlier, in which they were promised to each other by their fathers. When Hanan consults with a master of Kabbala, a set of mysteriously forbidden eleventh-century texts unleashes untold powers, merging the erotic with the divine and affirming love's infinite potential to transcend all obstacles. The lovers are played by Yehezkel Lazarov (Waltz with Bashir) and Ayelet Z'urer (Angels & Demons; Vantage Point). (from sfjff.org)
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