Available Mar 19 to Mar 31
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An entertaining and good-hearted romantic comedy that gives a light Orthodox twist to "Romeo and Juliet".
Matchmaking is Israel's biggest box office hit of the year and is full of hijinks, jokes, and slapstick humor thanks to matchmaker Malki (Irit Kaplan from the beloved Israeli show The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem and Academy Award entry Foxtrot) and her deputy, Baruch (Maor Schwitzer from the internationally acclaimed show Shtisel), along with plenty of one-liners about spicy salads and noodle kugels, with a heavy dose of Yiddish sprinkled into the Hebrew script.
Moti Bernstein is the son every mother wants, a student every Rabbi loves to teach, the ideal Yeshiva Bucher, the perfect match for every bride. He has it all: a "good family", a brilliant mind, and he is not bad looking either. In search of a wife, he will meet the best girls in the Jewish orthodox world but will fall for the one girl he can never have. The only one he wants. Against everything he knows and every value he holds dear, Moti will be forced to go out on a limb in the most unexpected and unusual of ways. Who will win? The system or the inner voice?
Sponsored by Sherrie Samuels
- Year2022
- Runtime96 minutes
- LanguageHebrew w/subtitles
- CountryIsrael
- PremiereSneak Preview
- DirectorErez Tadmor
- ScreenwriterErez Tadmor, Hava Divon & Yaki Reisner
- ProducerMoshe Edery, Leon Edri
- CastMaor Schwitzer, Liana Ayun, Amit Rahav, Irit Kaplan, Adi Biti, Guy Loel, Roy Assaf, Raymonde Amsallem
- CinematographerRoey Roth
- EditorEinat Glaser-Zarhin
Available Mar 19 to Mar 31
If you would like to donate to support our efforts, you can do so by clicking here. You can also experience all the films streaming in the Festival's virtual program by purchasing an All-Access Virtual Pass by clicking here.
An entertaining and good-hearted romantic comedy that gives a light Orthodox twist to "Romeo and Juliet".
Matchmaking is Israel's biggest box office hit of the year and is full of hijinks, jokes, and slapstick humor thanks to matchmaker Malki (Irit Kaplan from the beloved Israeli show The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem and Academy Award entry Foxtrot) and her deputy, Baruch (Maor Schwitzer from the internationally acclaimed show Shtisel), along with plenty of one-liners about spicy salads and noodle kugels, with a heavy dose of Yiddish sprinkled into the Hebrew script.
Moti Bernstein is the son every mother wants, a student every Rabbi loves to teach, the ideal Yeshiva Bucher, the perfect match for every bride. He has it all: a "good family", a brilliant mind, and he is not bad looking either. In search of a wife, he will meet the best girls in the Jewish orthodox world but will fall for the one girl he can never have. The only one he wants. Against everything he knows and every value he holds dear, Moti will be forced to go out on a limb in the most unexpected and unusual of ways. Who will win? The system or the inner voice?
Sponsored by Sherrie Samuels
- Year2022
- Runtime96 minutes
- LanguageHebrew w/subtitles
- CountryIsrael
- PremiereSneak Preview
- DirectorErez Tadmor
- ScreenwriterErez Tadmor, Hava Divon & Yaki Reisner
- ProducerMoshe Edery, Leon Edri
- CastMaor Schwitzer, Liana Ayun, Amit Rahav, Irit Kaplan, Adi Biti, Guy Loel, Roy Assaf, Raymonde Amsallem
- CinematographerRoey Roth
- EditorEinat Glaser-Zarhin