Saint Clara
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Ori Sivan
Lucy Dubnichek
Halil Elohev
Johnny Peterson
Maya Maron
Israel Damidov
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
This surreal tale of Israeli adolescents could take place anywhere where 13-year-olds hate the school principal and question the sanity of their Edith Piaf-obsessed teachers. Clara, a beautiful teenager, comes from a family of Russian bear-hunting immigrants with psychic powers (who nevertheless complain a lot about Israel being a big disappointment). Coming to terms with her own mystical powers, Clara sends the entire seventh grade into a tailspin, until she realizes that her psychic advantage will only last until the first time she falls in love.
Cast
Lucy Dubnichek
Halil Elohev
Johnny Peterson
Maya Maron
Israel Damidov
Igal Naor
Jenia Doudina
Menashe Noy
Crew
Tzipi Agnlischer
Valentin Belonogov
Ari Folman
Ariel Glaser
Ariel Glazer
Pavel Kahout
Yelena Kohout
Marek Rozenbaum
Uri Sabag
Barry Saharov
Ori Sivan
Dov Steuer
Dov Steuer
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1997
Released in United States December 1996
Released in United States February 1996
Released in United States January 1997
Released in United States October 1995
Released in United States October 1996
Released in United States on Video December 18, 2007
Released in United States Winter January 29, 1997
Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (Panorama) February 15-26, 1996.
Shown at Israel Film Festival in Los Angeles (Laemmle's Monica 4-Plex) December 10-24, 1996.
Shown at Neighbors Haifa International Film Festival October 9-13, 1995.
Shown at Nortel Palm Springs International Film Festival in Palm Springs, California January 9-26, 1997.
Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival October 4-20, 1996.
While a student at the Czech film school, Yelena Machinova wrote a provocative graduate thesis which her professors hoped to produce as a feature. But when the young woman married noted writer-dissident Pavel Kohout (co-author with Vaclav Havel of the Charter 77 human rights document), the production was cancelled. In 1978 the Kohouts emigrated to Austria, and Pavel turned his wife's script into a novel.
Released in United States 1997 (Shown in Los Angeles (Laemmle's Music Hall) as part of the "Jewish Cinema Series" May 30 - June 5, 1997.)
Released in United States January 1997 (Shown at Nortel Palm Springs International Film Festival in Palm Springs, California January 9-26, 1997.)
Released in United States Winter January 29, 1997
Released in United States February 1996 (Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (Panorama) February 15-26, 1996.)
Released in United States October 1995 (Shown at Neighbors Haifa International Film Festival October 9-13, 1995.)
Released in United States December 1996 (Shown at Israel Film Festival in Los Angeles (Laemmle's Monica 4-Plex) December 10-24, 1996.)
Released in United States October 1996 (Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival October 4-20, 1996.)
Released in United States on Video December 18, 2007
