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Close to Home is a israelien film of genre Drama directed by Vidi Bilu released in USA on 8 august 2005 with Lana Ettinger
Close to Home (2005)
Karov la bayit
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Add to a movie listClose to Home (Karov la bayit) is a 2005 Israeli movie directed by Dalia Hager and Vidi Bilu, and starring Smadar Sayar and Naama Schedar. It is the first film about the experience of female soldiers in the Israel Defense Forces.
Smadar (Sayar) and Mirit (Schendar), both 18 years old, are assigned to patrol the streets of Jerusalem together as part of their military service. Worlds apart in their personality, their initial frosty relationship becomes a friendship as they deal with their own emotional issues, the crushes and break-ups in their love lives, as well as the political realities of the city in which they live.
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Jérusalem. Smadar et Mirit, deux jeunes israéliennes âgées de 18 ans, accomplissent leur service militaire dans les forces armées du Magav, les gardes frontières de l'État d'Israël. Affectées à une portion de quartier précise (à la porte de Jaffa), leur mission consiste à contrôler des palestiniens afin de prémunir contre d'éventuels attentats. Les deux jeunes filles, aux caractères différents, l'une réservée et consciencieuse quant à sa mission, et l'autre plus désinvolte et originale, se trouvent à la fois confrontées à la pression de leur hiérarchie, et la soumission aux ordres, et la rébellion envers celle-ci.Actors
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