Ushpizin
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Gidi Dar
Shuli Rand
Michal Bat Sheva Rand
Shaul Mizrahi
Ilan Gannai
Avraham Abutbul
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
As the festive holiday of Succoth approaches, big hearted Moshe Bellanga, a devoutly religious man and a member of the Breslau Chasidim, finds himself broke--a self describes "lump of sadness." Moshe doesn't have the money to scrape together a Succah, a temporary dwelling religious Jews stay in during the festival to commemorate the time of Exodus; nor does he have the means to purchase the four plant species, upon which devout Jews are commanded to make blessings during the holiday. The most important species, the citron, is considered a blessing for having male children. To further his struggles, Moshe has been married to his wife, Malli, for five years and they are still childless. With financial struggles abound and mounting sadness that their immediate family is not expanding, they pray for help, and end up receiving an anonymous gift of $1,000 from a local charity organization--they take it as a holiday miracle. Moshe quickly uses the money to purchase a citron believed to be the most perfect in all of Jerusalem, as well as decorate a seemingly abandoned Succah. However, instead of this money simply being a "miracle," it ultimately leads to the arrival of two suspect strangers, with criminal pasts, appearing on their doorstep.
Director
Gidi Dar
Cast
Shuli Rand
Michal Bat Sheva Rand
Shaul Mizrahi
Ilan Gannai
Avraham Abutbul
Yonathan Danino
Daniel Dayan
Michael Vaigel
Daniel Rand
Yizhak Levkovits
Shmuel Ovadia
Crew
Iosif Bardanashvili
Rafi Bukaee
Gidi Dar
Ido Dollev
Ido Dollev
Nadav Harel
Chen Harpaz
Gadi Levi
Gadi Levy
Nathaniel Mechaly
Adi Ran
Shuli Rand
Isaac Sehayek
Shlomit Smadja
Amit Yasur
Ziv Ben Zvi
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 2005
Released in United States Fall October 19, 2005
Released in United States on Video April 4, 2006
Shown at London Film Festival (World Cinema) October 19-November 3, 2005.
Shown at Tribeca Film Festival April 19-May 1, 2005.
Released in United States 2005 (Shown at London Film Festival (World Cinema) October 19-November 3, 2005.)
Released in United States 2005 (Shown at Tribeca Film Festival April 19-May 1, 2005.)
Released in United States on Video April 4, 2006
Released in United States Fall October 19, 2005
