A Film by Alexander Gentelev
(Israel, 2007, 91 Minutes, Color, Hebrew/Russian, English subtitles)



Director Alexander Gentelev takes us on a personal journey to seek out fellow passengers from the flight which brought him to Israel in the early 1990's . Through the stories of Russian immigrants living in  Israel and outside of it – from a simple kibbutz in the valley to a lavish office atop a Moscow skyscraper – the image of the last great wave of Russian immigration is unfolded in all its facets.
 
The complexity underlying the stereotypes attached to the Russian immigration, the difficulties, the achievements and the failures, are at the center of this film.  The question of what it means to be Israeli and what chance an immigration of over a million people have of receiving the stamp of "Israeliness"  has accompanied the director since his arrival in Israel.


AWARDS & FESTIVALS

 Jerusalem Film Festival - Offiicial Selection 2007
 FilmFest Hamburg - Offiicial Selection 2008   
 The Israeli Documentary Filmmakers´ Forum Competition - Best Documentary Series Award 2008
 WorldFilm - Tartu Festival of Visual Culture - Offiicial Selection 2009
 Manhattan JCC 2009
 Berlin & Potsdam Jewish Film Festival
 "Jüdische Welten" - Jewish Film Festival Dusseldorf  2009

TV SCREENINGS

 YES DBS, Israel


QUOTES

"A moving and entertaining film."
Ruta Kopfer, HaAretz.

"A social time bomb that will tick ever more loudly in the coming decades."
Yaron Ten-Brink, Yediot Ahronot.

"The greatness of director Alex Gentelev and of his heroes lies in their ability to mingle humor and pain."
 Nir Kipnis, Globes.

Price valid for DVD screening only