Or (My Treasure) Movie Review 2004

Feature debut of Israeli director Yedaya is naive, irritating, and compelling. Set in a modern-day, working-class neighborhood of Tel Aviv, it follows the struggles of prostitute Ruthie (Elkabetz) and her teenage daughter Or (Ivgy). Or is the responsible one--going to school, working, and looking after her self-destructive mother. Ruthie makes promises to go straight but inevitably goes back to the streets, thus breaking the heart of the daughter she refers to as "my treasure." Hebrew with subtitles.

Distribution

Not Yet Released

Running time 100 minutes.
Originally from Israeli.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Israel, Moms

Screenplay

Sari Ezouz, Keren Yedaya

Cast

Ronit Elkabetz, Dana Ivgy, Meshar Cohen

Cinematography

Laurent Brunet

Director

Keren Yedaya

Other

Israel David, Sari Ezouz, Avi Fahima

Producer

Marek Rozenbaum, Emmanuel Agneray, Jerome Bleitrach, Itai Tamir, Bizibi Prods