Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi Movie Review 2003

Light-hearted human comedy about sixteen-year-old, Shlomi, a mildly slow-witted Jewish boy juggling school, love, and the family circus at home. Willing to put his own interests aside, Shlomi dedicates most of his life to caring for his senile grandfather, cooking elaborate meals for the family, and falling behind in school. His secret joys come from poetry, snooping through his older brother's explicit diary, and daydreaming about the girl next door. A surprisingly warm Israeli film that manages to avoid the usual melodramatic pitfalls of most American coming-of-age flicks.

Distribution

Strand Releasing, 1460 4th St., Ste. 302, Santa Monica, CA 90401, Phone: (310)395-5002, Fax: (310)395-2502, Email: strand@strandrel.com, URL: http://www.strandreleasing.com

Available on DVD
Running time 94 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Comedy-Drama, Family, Adolescence

Screenplay

Shemi Zarhin

Cast

Esti Zakheim, Aya Koren, Assi Cohen, Oshri Cohen, Arie Elias, Yigal Naor, Albert Illouz, Jonathan Rozen, Rotem Abuhav, Rotem Zisman, Nisso Khavia, Aya Steinovitz

Cinematography

Itzik Portal

Director

Shemi Zarhin

Music

Jonatan Bar-Girora

Other

Eli Yarkoni, Einat Glaser-Zarhin, Ariel Glazer, Inbal Shuki