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Eli Cohen is a Actor and Director Israelien born on 18 december 1940 at Hadera (Israel)

Eli Cohen

Eli Cohen
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Nationality Israel
Birth 18 december 1940 (84 years) at Hadera (Israel)

Eli Cohen (Hebrew: אלי כהן‎; born 18 December 1940) is an Israeli actor and film director. In 1989 his film Summer of Aviya won the Silver Bear Award from the 39th Berlin International Film Festival. Six years later, his film Under the Domim Tree was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival.

Usually with

Gila Almagor
Gila Almagor
(2 films)
Steven Hilliard Stern
Steven Hilliard Stern
(1 films)
John Heyman
John Heyman
(1 films)
Richard Kiley
Richard Kiley
(1 films)
Juliano Mer-Khamis
Juliano Mer-Khamis
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Eli Cohen (6 films)

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Actor

Aviya's Summer
Aviya's Summer (1988)
, 1h35
Directed by Eli Cohen
Origin Israel
Genres Drama
Themes Films about religion, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Gila Almagor, Eli Cohen
Rating70% 3.5268053.5268053.5268053.5268053.526805
Aviya's Summer is set in the summer of 1951, in the newly established state of Israel. The film chronicles the life of ten-year-old Aviya, whose warm, loving, and fiercely independent mother, Henya (played by Almagor herself), is tortured by periodic mental breakdowns. Henya's psychological and emotional scars stem from her horrid experience during the Holocaust, and from the loss of her husband during the war. Henya was once considered to be a beautiful and courageous partisan fighter, yet now she is constantly mocked by native Israelis for her erratic behavior. She walks the thin line between sanity and madness, attempting to forge a life for herself and her daughter in the new realities of Israel.

Director

Buzz
Buzz (1998)
, 1h27
Directed by Eli Cohen
Origin Israel
Genres Drama
Themes Films about religion, Films about Jews and Judaism
Rating67% 3.3739753.3739753.3739753.3739753.373975
The film is based on a real event in 1994, in which two 14-year-olds—Arbel Aloni and Moshe "Moshiko" Ben-Ivgi—murdered a taxi driver (named Derek Roth). In the film, their names have been changed to Ido Ben Ze'ev and Rafi, respectively. Ido comes from a wealthy family and acts as leader, while Rafi lives with his single mother and follows Ido.
Under The Domim Tree
Under The Domim Tree (1994)
, 1h42
Directed by Eli Cohen
Origin Israel
Genres Drama
Themes Films about religion, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Gila Almagor, Juliano Mer-Khamis, Ohad Knoller, Riki Blich
Rating68% 3.4221053.4221053.4221053.4221053.422105
The film follows the lives and struggles of several teenagers, focusing on Aviya, an Israeli sabra whose father was killed in 1939 in Israel and whose mother suffers from mental illness. The youths, most Holocaust survivors and all orphans, live in a communal farming village.
Aviya's Summer
Aviya's Summer (1988)
, 1h35
Directed by Eli Cohen
Origin Israel
Genres Drama
Themes Films about religion, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Gila Almagor, Eli Cohen
Rating70% 3.5268053.5268053.5268053.5268053.526805
Aviya's Summer is set in the summer of 1951, in the newly established state of Israel. The film chronicles the life of ten-year-old Aviya, whose warm, loving, and fiercely independent mother, Henya (played by Almagor herself), is tortured by periodic mental breakdowns. Henya's psychological and emotional scars stem from her horrid experience during the Holocaust, and from the loss of her husband during the war. Henya was once considered to be a beautiful and courageous partisan fighter, yet now she is constantly mocked by native Israelis for her erratic behavior. She walks the thin line between sanity and madness, attempting to forge a life for herself and her daughter in the new realities of Israel.