Film:
Matchmaker
Showtimes:
Tuesday Mar 27 07:30 PM
Location:
Doris Duke Theatre
About the Film:
Directed by Avi Nesher, Israel, 2010; 112 mins., in Hebrew, with English subtitles, Hawai‘i premiere
In 1968 Haifa, a teenage boy gets a summer job with a Holocaust survivor who makes ends meet by brokering marriages and smuggling goods. Throughout the summer, the mysterious matchmaker takes the boy on a dangerous coming of age ride into the deepest underbelly of Haifa. Winner: Audience Choice Award, Israel Film Festival, New York; Best Actor and Best Actress, Israeli Academy Awards.
See the trailer.
