Alila

Overview

Life in a Tel Aviv apartment complex, an urban mosaic whose seedy characters, try as they might, can't get out of one another's faces. Gabi, a bobbed haired sexpot, and her lover Hezi—who's older, balding and married—rent a room to have an affair, while Ezra, a pot bellied divorcee, supervises an illegal construction site next door. All this racket drives Schwartz, a Holocaust survivor, to a mental breakdown. Other characters include illegal Chinese immigrants, a teenage boy who's afraid to serve in the army, and a corrupt police detective.

Directed by Amos Gitai

Top cast

Yaël Abecassis

Gabi

Hana Laslo

Mali

Uri Klauzner

Ezra

Ronit Elkabetz

Ronit

A

Amos Lavi

Hezi

L

Lupo Berkowitch

Aviram

L

Liran Levo

Ilan

Yosef Carmon

Schwartz

A

Amit Mestechkin

Eyal

L

Lyn Hsiao Zamir

Linda

T

Tomer Russo

Officer

C

Carmel Betto

Carmel

D

Dalit Kahan

Sharon

I

Ilan Appel

Police figure

H

Hu Hanzhou

Chinese worker

E

Eyal Elhadad

Locksmith

M

Meital Tzadiki

Police figure

K

Kobi Zahavi

Kiosk owner

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