Jellyfish
Presented by the Tel Aviv in Motion Film Club
Screening and Q&A with Etgar Keret :
November 2, 2008
Winner of the Camera d’Or at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival
Poignant, often witty and exceedingly cinematic, JELLYFISH (MEDUZOT), tells the story of three very different Tel Aviv women whose intersecting stories weave an unlikely portrait of modern Israeli life. Batya, a catering waitress, takes in a child apparently abandoned at a local beach. Batya is one of the servers at the wedding reception of Keren, a bride who breaks her leg escaping a locked toilet stall, ruining her chance at a dream Caribbean honeymoon. And attending the event with an employer is Joy, a non Hebrew-speaking domestic worker who has guiltily left her son behind in her native Philippines.
As this distaff trio separately wends their way through Israel’s most cosmopolitan city, they struggle with issues of communication, affection and destiny—but at times find uneasy refuge in its tranquil seas.
Co-director and co-writer Etgar Keret will meet the audience afterward for an intimate Question and Answer Session.
Directed by Etgar Keret & Shira Geffen
In Hebrew with English subtitles
Read the Los Angeles Times articles on JELLYFISH and on director Etgar Keret.
Sunday, November 2, 2008 - 7 pm
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco
3200 California St., SF - map
Kanbar Hall
Tickets:
415.292.1233
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