Ushpizin Movie Review 2004

Depiction of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community of Jerusalem is a gentle fable about a childless couple, Moshe and Malli (Rand and his wife Michal), whose prayers are answered in unexpected ways. It's considered a blessing to share the Sukkot festival with others (the title means "holy guests") but the couple are too poor to do so until an expected windfall comes their way--both monetary and in the form of Eliahu (Mizrahi) and Yosef (Gannai), once friends of the younger Moshe who turn out to be prison escapees. Hebrew with subtitles.

Distribution

Available on DVD
Running time 90 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Judaism, Religion

Screenplay

Shuli Rand

Cinematography

Amit Yasur

Director

Gidi Dar

Music

Nathaniel Mechaly

Other

Chen Harpaz, Nadev Harel, Isaac Sehayek, Ido Dollev

Producer

Rafu Bu-kaee, Eddie King Ltd., Gilgamesh Prods.