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Bourekas Films
Bourekas films () (named after bourekas) were a genre of Israeli-made comic melodrama films popular in Israel in the 1960s and 1970s. History ''Haaretz'' film critic Uri Klein describes Bourekas films as a "peculiarly Israeli genre of comic melodramas or tearjerkers... based on ethnic stereotypes". They were "home-grown farces and melodramas that provided escapist entertainment during a tense period in Israeli history". The term is said to have been coined by the Israeli film director Boaz Davidson, the creator of several such films, as a play-on-words on the "Spaghetti Western" genre, known as such because that particular Western subgenre was produced in Italy. Bourekas are a popular food in Israeli cuisine, it is also named because of a scene from ''The Policeman'' in which the title character offers one of his co-workers a boureka. Although Bourekas films were some of the most successful in the box office, they typically received terrible reviews from critics. They were describe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bourekas
Bourekas or burekas (),() are a popular Baking, baked pastry in Sephardic Jewish cuisine and Israeli cuisine. A variation of the Börek, burek, a popular pastry throughout southern Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East, Israeli bourekas are made in a wide variety of shapes and a vast selection of fillings, and are typically made with either puff pastry, filo dough, or brik pastry, depending on the origin of the baker. Etymology As knowledge of Ladino is lost among the younger generation of Sephardic Jews, Judeo-Spanish has become a "language of food". Food names have been described as "the last Judeo-Spanish remains" of the cultural memory of Ottoman-Sephardic heritage. The word ''boureka'' (or ''borekita'') is a Judeo-Spanish loanword from the Turkish ''börek''. Spanish does not have the front rounded Turkish ''ö'' sound, so the word becomes ''boreka''. As one Turkish food writer put it, "Ladino is the ''borekitas'' of the granmama". In Judeo-Spanish ''boreka'' origina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Social Alienation
Social alienation is a person's feeling of disconnection from a group whether friends, family, or wider society with which the individual has an affiliation. Such alienation has been described as "a condition in social relationships reflected by (1) a low degree of integration or common values and (2) a high degree of distance or isolation (3a) between individuals, or (3b) between an individual and a group of people in a community or work environment numeration added. It is a sociological concept developed by several classical and contemporary theorists. The concept has many discipline-specific uses and can refer both to a personal psychological state ( subjectively) and to a type of social relationship (objectively). History The term ''alienation'' has been used over the ages with varied and sometimes contradictory meanings. In ancient history it could mean a metaphysical sense of achieving a higher state of contemplation, ecstasy or union—becoming alienated from a li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Ovadiah
George Ovadiah (; ; ; c. 1925 – 1996), also known as George Obadiah, was an Iraqi-born Israeli film director, scriptwriter and producer.Amy Kornish and Costel Safirman, Israeli Film – A Reference Guide, Praeger, 2003, p. 204-205. Biography George Ovadiah was born in c. 1925 in Baghdad, Iraq. He immigrated to Iran in 1949, where he became an established filmmaker. In Iran he directed 25 films and occasionally was an actor.Meir Schnitzer, Israeli Cinema: Facts/ Plots/ Directors / Opinions, Kinneret Publishing House, 1994. p. 385. In 1967 he made "Harbor of Love", an Israeli-Iranian coproduction. In 1969 he immigrated to Israel. Ovadiah directed 13 Israeli films, focused in melodrama and comedy known as Bourekas film. Initially his films were box office successes, but his later films were failures. In 1996 the Israeli Film Academy paid tribute to his memory. He died on 27 June 1996 in Holon, Israel. Filmography * 1959 – () See also * Cinema of Israel * Bourekas f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Ve'hetzi
''Charlie Ve'hetzi'' (a.k.a. - ''Charlie and a Half''; Hebrew צ'ארלי וחצי) is a 1974 Israeli comedy film by Boaz Davidson. It stars Israeli comedians Yehuda Barkan and Ze'ev Revach. Plot Charlie gets by through fleecing suckers with a three-card Monte. He passes himself off as a rich businessman. Miko is a street kid who spends his time with Charlie instead of going to school. His sister tries, unsuccessfully, to raise him on her own. The plot follows Charlie's attempt to conquer the heart of Gila, a rich girl whose parents try to matchmake her to an American millionaire somewhat against her will. Cast * Yehuda Barkan – Charlie Ben Chanania * Ze'ev Revach – Sasson * Arieh Elias – Zaki Ben Chanania * – Flora Ben Chanania * Haya Katzir – Gila Zohar * Geula Nuni – Lili * Elisheva Michaeli – Mrs. Zohar * Natan Cogan – Chaim Zohar * Tuvia Tzafir – Robert * Moshe Ish-Kassit – Gedalia * Reuven Shefer – Car Salesman * Tikva Aziz – Mazal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hagiga B'Snuker
''Hagiga Ba'Snuker'' (, ''lit.'' ''Party at the Snooker''; originally simply ''Snooker'') is a 1975 classic Israeli Bourekas film, achieving a cult following among its fans. The movie was directed by Boaz Davidson and stars Israeli comedians Ze'ev Revach, Yehuda Barkan and Yosef Shiloah. Cast *Yehuda Barkan – Gavriel (Gavri) Levi/Azriel Levi () *Ze'ev Revach – Hannukah () *Yosef Shiloach – Salvador () * Nitza Shaul – Yona () *Tuvia Tzafir – Mushon () * Yaakov Banai – Rabbi Yosef Shemesh *Arieh Elias – Halfon () * – The contractor () *Talia Shapira – Riki () *Music by Matti Caspi Plot The story is about two twin brothers, Azriel and Gavriel (both played by Yehuda Barkan and named after archangels) Azriel is a shy and religious Jew who works in a fruit shop in Jaffa. Gavriel is a hoodlum and hustler who runs a snooker bar. Gavriel and his friend Hanuka make easy money by swindling innocent people into gambling on snooker games. One day Gavriel is forced to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ze'ev Revach
Ze'ev (Ze'evik) Nachum Revach (; 15 August 1940 – 18 January 2025) was an Israeli comedian, actor and filmmaker. His prolific acting career included many roles in film, TV, and theater. Revach was a particularly prominent actor in the Bourekas films genre, and some of those films, such as ''Hagiga B'Snuker'', and ''Charlie Ve'hetzi'', developed a Cult film, cult following in Israel over the years.Cinema festival to recognize Ze'ev Revach Haaretz In addition to his acting career, Revach also wrote and directed over a dozen films, mostly comedies, in which he also starred. Revach has won a total of three Ophir Award, Ophir Awards – two in the Best Actor category and one in the Lifetime Achievement category. He is considered one of the most influential a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mendele Mocher Sforim
Mendele Mocher Sforim (, ; lit. "Mendele the book peddler"; January 2, 1836, Kapyl – December 8, 1917 .S. Odessa), born Sholem Yankev Abramovich (, ) or S. J. Abramowitch, was a Jewish author and one of the founders of modern Yiddish and Hebrew literature. His name was variously transliterated as Moykher, Sfarim, Seforim, etc. Youth Mendele was born to a poor Lithuanian Jewish family in Kapyl, Minsk Governorate, Russian Empire. His father, Chaim Moyshe Broyde, died shortly after Mendele's bar mitzvah. He studied in yeshiva in Slutsk and Vilna until he was 17; during this time he was a day-boarder under the system of '' Teg-essen'', barely scraping by, and often hungry. Mendele traveled extensively around Belarus, Ukraine and Lithuania at the mercy of an abusive beggar named Avreml Khromoy ( Russian for "Avreml the Lame"); Avreml would later become the source for the title character of ''Fishke der Krumer'' (Fishke the Lame). In 1854, Mendele settled in Kamianets-Podilskyi, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Flying Matchmaker
''The Flying Matchmaker'' (also: ''Two Kuni Lemel'', ''Shnei Kuni Leml'' or שני קוני למל) is a 1966 Israeli film musical directed by Israel Becker. The film was the first major success on screen for lead actor Mike Burstyn who has a double role as Kuni Leml and his cousin Max, and also casts his father Pesach Burstein in a small role. The film was selected as the Israeli entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 39th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. Plot history The plot is based on the 1880 Yiddish play, a comedy of errors, ''Di tsvey Kuni-Lemels'' () by Abraham Goldfaden. It was based on the German-language comedy ''Nathan Schlemiel oder Orthodoxe und reformirte Juden'' by J. Rosenzweig (Ein Tendenz-Lustspiel in 3 Acten. Pressburg, 1873 Plot The local matchmaker (''shadchan''), Reb Kalman, arranges a match for Carolina, the daughter of a wealthy client, Reb Pinchas. The daughter is already romantically linked with Max, who teaches her French. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joel Silberg
Joel Silberg (; 30 March 1927 – 18 February 2013) was a film, television and stage director and screenwriter in Israel and the United States. He made films in Israel including so-called Bourekas films. He then directed films in the U.S. during the 1980s, including ''Breakin' a''nd Lambada (1990 American film), ''Lambada''. Both have been described as exploitation films. In 2008 he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Israel Film Academy. Biography Silberg was born in Palestine (region), Palestine in 1927. He was the son of actor Ben Zion Silberg. He began his career directing at London's Old Vic theater. He co-wrote the Israeli musical film ''Kazablan (film), Kazablan'' (1974). ''Breakin' '' was shot in Los Angeles and reflects a different style of break dancing and street dance culture than the Bronx, New York film ''Beat Street''. Roger Ebert gave ''Breakin 1 1/2 stars, stating that it was a rather predictable story. The sequel, ''Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo'', di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melodrama
A melodrama is a Drama, dramatic work in which plot, typically sensationalized for a strong emotional appeal, takes precedence over detailed characterization. Melodrama is "an exaggerated version of drama". Melodramas typically concentrate on dialogue that is often bombastic or extremely sentimentality, sentimental, rather than on action. Characters are often Character (arts)#Round vs. flat, flat and written to fulfill established character archetypes. Melodramas are typically set in the private sphere of the home, focusing on morality, family issues, love, and marriage, often with challenges from an outside source, such as a "temptress", a scoundrel, or an aristocratic villain. A melodrama on stage, film, or television is usually accompanied by dramatic and suggestive music that offers further cues to the audience of the dramatic beats being presented. In scholarly and historical musical contexts, melodramas are Victorian era, Victorian dramas in which orchestral music or son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy
Comedy is a genre of dramatic works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. Origins Comedy originated in ancient Greece: in Athenian democracy, the public opinion of voters was influenced by political satire performed by comic poets in Ancient Greek theatre, theaters. The theatrical genre of Greek comedy can be described as a dramatic performance pitting two groups, ages, genders, or societies against each other in an amusing ''agon'' or conflict. Northrop Frye depicted these two opposing sides as a "Society of Youth" and a "Society of the Old". A revised view characterizes the essential agon of comedy as a struggle between a relatively powerless youth and the societal conventions posing obstacles to his hopes. In this struggle, the youth then becomes constrained by his lack of social authority, and is left with little choice but to resort to ruses which e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slapstick
Slapstick is a style of humor involving exaggerated physical activity that exceeds the boundaries of normal physical comedy. Slapstick may involve both intentional violence and violence by mishap, often resulting from inept use of props such as saws and ladders. The term arises from a device developed for use in the broad, physical comedy style known as ''commedia dell'arte'' in 16th-century Italy. The "Clapper (musical instrument), slap stick" consists of two thin slats of wood, which makes a "slap" when striking another actor, with little force needed to make a loud—and comical—sound. The physical slap stick remains a key component of the plot in the traditional and popular Punch and Judy puppet show. More contemporary examples of slapstick humor include ''The Three Stooges'', ''The Naked Gun'' and ''Mr. Bean (character), Mr. Bean''. Origins The name "slapstick" originates from the Italian ''batacchio'' or ''bataccio''—called the "Clapper (musical instrument), slap sti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
