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Circus Palestina is a israelien film of genre Drama with Amos Lavi
Circus Palestina (1998)
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Add to a movie listCircus Palestine (Hebrew: קרקס פלשתינה, translit. Zirkus Palestina) is a 1998 Israeli political satire film directed by Eyal Halfon, which was nominated for 7 Israeli Film Academy Awards and won 5.
Synopsis
A Russian circus arrives on the West Bank during the intifada. The war rages, the circus acts perform and a lion escapes in the middle of the night. An Israeli officer falls in love with the lion tamer and helps her search for it. They encounter the absurdities of life living under a military occupation.Though an unlikely plot, it was based on a true story.Actors
Amos Lavi
(Colonel Oz)
Evgenia Dodina
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