Nurit () is a 1972 Israeli
drama film
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written, produced and directed by
George Ovadiah
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Biograp ...
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Amy Kornish and Costel Safirman, Israeli Film – A Reference Guide, Praeger, 2003, p. 107.
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Meir Schnitzer, Israeli Cinema: Facts/ Plots/ Directors / Opinions, Kinneret Publishing House, 1994. P. 131.
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It sold 702,000 tickets and is the 13th most watched Israeli film ever.
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Doron Fishler]
"The 100 most popular Israeli films ever"
Fisheye, September 25, 2016
In 1983 the sequel, was released.
Plot
Shoshana (Yona Elian), a rich young woman from
Tiberias
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loves Moshe (Sasi Keshet), a poor truck driver from Tel Aviv. They intend to marry, but Nissim, her father (
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), forbids it. They intend to take advantage of Nissim's business trip to Argentina to fulfill their romantic wishes. But an unfortunate mishap happens when Shoshana hears on the radio that Moshe has been involved in an accident and she thinks he was killed. She sets off to the
Sea of Galilee
The Sea of Galilee (, Judeo-Aramaic languages, Judeo-Aramaic: יַמּא דטבריא, גִּנֵּיסַר, ), also called Lake Tiberias, Genezareth Lake or Kinneret, is a freshwater lake in Israel. It is the lowest freshwater lake on Earth ...
, planning to commit suicide like her mother did years ago. At the last minute she changes her mind. She is hit by a car driven by three musicians and loses her eyesight. The three men take care of her and Nurit, her young baby from Moshe. They become street entertainers: the men play music, Shoshana sings and Nurit dances. Meanwhile Moshe changes his name to Mike and becomes a famous singer. Shoshana eventually has eye surgery, regains her eyesight, and marries Mike.
See also
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Cinema of Israel
Cinema of Israel () refers to film production in Israel since its founding in 1948. Most Israeli films are produced in Hebrew, but there are productions in other languages such as Arabic and English. Israel has been nominated for more Academ ...
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Bourekas film
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 melod ...
References
External links
* {{imdb title, 0142710
Nuritin Book of Israeli films
1972 films
1972 drama films
Israeli drama films
Films set in Israel