Over the Ocean

Over the Ocean

Movie 1991-01-02 1h 31m Drama Ophir Award for best feature film 1
★ 7.5 / 10 · 2 votes

Menachem and Rosa Greenberg, a couple of Holocaust survivors, have had a difficult life. Their friend, Morris Greenspan, made his fortune in Canada through shady deals, and is a despicable character who urges the couple to emigrate from Israel to the good life in Canada. Their son, Chaim "Chaimon" Greenberg, is aware of the growing conflicts in his parents' home in light of their financial difficulties and the interference of their mysterious friend, who is also secretly courting his mother. His sister, Miri, is a naive teenager who falls under the spell of Shultz "the Hontroveltnik". Other participants in the film include Oshik Levi as the taxi driver, their neighbor and friend of their parents, Shai Idelson as Gaby, Chaimon's best friend and the taxi driver's son, and Sini Pater as Uncle Leizer from the kibbutz, who represents the Zionist antithesis to Morris's exile and smoothness. In the end, after a crisis that threatens the narrator's world, the family decides to stay in Israel.

Status
Released
Released
1991-01-02
Runtime
1h 31m
Country
Israel
Language
Hebrew
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Nominated for 1 Academy Award

Academy Awards 1 nominated

  • 1992 International Submission to the Academy Awards Nominated

Ophir Award for best feature film 1 won

  • best feature film Won

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