Film Movement have grabbed the rights to the Cannes preemed, TIFF presented sophomore feature from Keren Yedaya. Working once again with actresses Ronit Elkabetz and Dana Ivgy – both were in her 2004 Camera D’or winning feature Or (Mon trésor), Yedaya’s latest film titled Jaffa (the name of an old port city that is part of Tel Aviv) once again goes the turbulent route – with a storyline on the difficulties of being a woman in love, in a city where the cultures clash – I think you can guess which ones.
In the heart of Jaffa, a city nicknamed “the Bride of the Sea” by the Israelis, Reuven’s garage is a family business. His daughter Mali and his son Meir, as well as Toufik and Hassan, a young Palestinian and his father, work there for Reuven. No one suspects that Mali and Toufik have been in love for years. As the two lovers are secretly making their wedding arrangements, tension builds between Meir and Toufik…
