Jellyfish (2007)

Jellyfish (Hebrew: מדוזות‎; Meduzot) is a 2007 Israeli film based on a story by Shira Geffen and directed by her husband, Etgar Keret. The film tells the story of three women in Tel Aviv whose intersecting lives paint a pessimistic portrait of Israeli secular life. Batya, a waitress at weddings, comes across a mute child who seemingly emerges from the sea. Keren, a bride whose wedding Batya worked at, breaks her leg climbing out of bathroom stall and ruins her dream honeymoon in the process. And Joy, a Filipina domestic, attends to her employer with whom she struggles to communicate. Poetic imagery draws connections between the lives of these women, all of whom find solace in the sea.

Jellyfish was the winner of the 2007 Camera d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, the Official Selection at the 2008 Toronto Film Festival, and the Official Selection at the 2008 Telluride Film Festival. The film stars Sarah Adler and Gera Sandler. The DVD release date was September 30, 2008.

Synopsis

Le jour de son mariage, Keren se casse la jambe et doit renoncer à sa lune de miel aux Caraïbes... Une mystérieuse petite fille sortie de la mer change la vie de Batya, la jeune femme qui la recueille et qu'elle suit comme son ombre... Joy, une employée de maison en exil va, sans le vouloir, renouer les liens entre une vieille femme sévère et sa fille... Bouteilles jetées à la mer, fragments d'humanités qui flirtent avec l'absurde... Dans un joyeux désordre chacun cherche sa place, l'amour, l'oubli ou sa mémoire, car telle est la vie à Tel-Aviv...

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