Aliyah (2012 film)

2012 film

Aliyah

Film poster

Directed by| Elie Wajeman
Written by| Gaëlle Macé
Elie Wajeman
Produced by| Lola Gans
Starring| Adele Haenel, Cédric Kahn
Cinematography| David Chizallet
Distributed by| Rézo Films (France), Film Movement (USA)[1]

Release date

* May 2012 (2012-05) (Cannes)

Running time

| 90 minutes
Country| France
Languages| French, Hebrew
Budget| $1.8 million[2]
Box office| $275.000[3]

Aliyah (French: Alyah) is a 2012 French drama film directed by Elie Wajeman [fr].[4][5]

## Plot

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Alex, a 27-year-old Jewish drug dealer who lives in Paris, plans to do his Aliyah and move to Israel for the chance of a better life.[4][5][6] His brother, Isaac, keeps pestering him for money.[4][5] During the course of a Shabbat dinner at their aunt's house, we learn they lack parental support.[4] Alex's desire to move to Israel is not so much grown out of Zionism, but because nothing holds him back in France, in spite of his recent encounter with a gentile girl, Jeanne.[4][5][6] The final scene highlights Israel's multicultural culture.[4]

## Cast

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* Pio Marmaï as Alex Raphaelson
* Cédric Kahn as Isaac Raphaelson
* Adèle Haenel as Jeanne
* Guillaume Gouix as Mathias
* Sarah Lepicard as Esther
* David Geselson as Nathan
* Olivier Desautel as Polo
* Jean-Marie Winling as The father
* Mar Sodupe as Anaëlle
* Aimé Vaucher as Gabriel
* Bertrand Constant as Claude
* Marion Picard as Rébecca
* Brigitte Jaques-Wajeman as The aunt
* Louise Roch as Lucie
* Zohar Wexler as Nadav
* Michaël Abiteboul as The shaliah

## Reception

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The film was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.[7][8] It was also shown at the 2012 Haifa International Film Festival and the Cabourg Film Festival.[9][10]

Variety reviewed the film favorably, suggesting the cast was "solid." and that the film deserve a "wider audience" than "Francophone arthouses and Jewish fests".[4] For Les Echos, it is "the best French film in a long time", as it shows many social classes in Paris, and admits the fact that Paris, as pretty as it is, has nothing left to offer.[5]

## References

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1. ^ Gregg Kilday, Film Movement Picks Up Elie Wajeman's 'Aliyah', The Hollywood Reporter, 14 June 2012
2. ^ JP. "Alyah (2012)- JPBox-Office". www.jpbox-office.com. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
3. ^ "ALYAH (2012)". JP' Box-Office. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
4. ^ a b c d e f g Boyd van Hoeij, Aliyah, Variety, 20 May 2012
5. ^ a b c d e Adrien Gombeaud, Alyah d'Elie Wajeman, Les Echos, 19 September 2012
6. ^ a b Guillaume Loison, Alyah d’Elie Wajeman Archived 23 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Le Nouvel Observateur, 18 September 2012
7. ^ Leffler, Rebecca (24 April 2012). "Cannes 2012: Michel Gondry's 'The We & The I' to Open Director's Fortnight". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
8. ^ "2012 Selection". quinzaine-realisateurs.com. Directors' Fortnight. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
9. ^ http://www.haifaff.co.il/eng/Movie Info.php?id=6227 [dead link]
10. ^ "Festival du Film de Cabourg - Home". Festival du Film de Cabourg. Archived from the original on 22 January 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2017.

## External links

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* Aliyah at IMDb