''Aliyah'' (french: Alyah) is a 2012 French
drama film
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directed by
Elie Wajeman
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.
[Boyd van Hoeij]
Aliyah
''Variety
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'', 20 May 2012[Adrien Gombeaud]
Alyah d'Elie Wajeman
'' Les Echos'', 19 September 2012
Plot
Alex, a 27-year-old
Jewish
Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...
drug dealer who lives in Paris, plans to do his
Aliyah
Aliyah (, ; he, עֲלִיָּה ''ʿălīyyā'', ) is the immigration of Jews from Jewish diaspora, the diaspora to, historically, the geographical Land of Israel, which is in the modern era chiefly represented by the Israel, State of Israel ...
and move to
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
for the chance of a better life.
[Guillaume Loison]
Alyah d’Elie Wajeman
, ''Le Nouvel Observateur
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'', 18 September 2012 His brother, Isaac, keeps pestering him for money.
During the course of a
Shabbat
Shabbat (, , or ; he, שַׁבָּת, Šabbāṯ, , ) or the Sabbath (), also called Shabbos (, ) by Ashkenazim, is Judaism's day of rest on the seventh day of the week—i.e., Saturday. On this day, religious Jews remember the biblical storie ...
dinner at their aunt's house, we learn they lack parental support.
Alex's desire to move to Israel is not so much grown out of
Zionism
Zionism ( he, צִיּוֹנוּת ''Tsiyyonut'' after ''Zion'') is a Nationalism, nationalist movement that espouses the establishment of, and support for a homeland for the Jewish people centered in the area roughly corresponding to what is ...
, but because nothing holds him back in France, in spite of his recent encounter with a
gentile
Gentile () is a word that usually means "someone who is not a Jew". Other groups that claim Israelite heritage, notably Mormons, sometimes use the term ''gentile'' to describe outsiders. More rarely, the term is generally used as a synonym for ...
girl, Jeanne.
The final scene highlights Israel's multicultural culture.
Cast
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Pio Marmaï
Pio Marmaï (born 13 July 1984) is a French actor. He has appeared in more than twenty films since 2008.
Early life and education
Marmaï was born on 13 July 1984. His mother is a former costume designer at the Opéra de Strasbourg, and his f ...
as Alex Raphaelson
*
Cédric Kahn
Cédric Kahn (; born 17 June 1966) is a French screenwriter, film director and actor. His films include ''L'Ennui'' (1998), based on the Alberto Moravia novel ''Boredom'', and '' Red Lights'' (2004), based on the Georges Simenon novel. His film ''R ...
as Isaac Raphaelson
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Adèle Haenel
Adèle Haenel (; born 11 February 1989) is a French actress. She is the recipient of several accolades, including two César Awards from seven nominations and one Lumières Award from two nominations.
Haenel began her career as a child actres ...
as Jeanne
*
Guillaume Gouix
Guillaume Gouix (; born 30 November 1983) is a French actor, director and screenwriter. He starred in the limited television series ''Gone for Good'' (2021).
Career
Guillaume Gouix learned acting at the Conservatory of Marseille, then at the Re ...
as Mathias
* Sarah Lepicard as Esther
* David Geselson as Nathan
* Olivier Desautel as Polo
*
Jean-Marie Winling
Jean-Marie Winling (born 1947) is a French actor. He has appeared in more than a hundred films since 1972.
Filmography
Theater
External links
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1947 births
Living people
People from Sète
French ma ...
as The father
* Mar Sodupe as Anaëlle
* Aimé Vaucher as Gabriel
* Bertrand Constant as Claude
* Marion Picard as Rébecca
* Brigitte Jaques-Wajeman as The aunt
* Louise Roch as Lucie
* Zohar Wexler as Nadav
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Michaël Abiteboul
Michaël Abiteboul is a French actor.
Filmography
Theatre
References
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French male film actors
Living people
21st-century French male actors
Year of birth missing (living peop ...
as The
shaliah
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Reception
The film was screened in the
Directors' Fortnight
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section at the
2012 Cannes Film Festival
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. It was also shown at the 2012
Haifa International Film Festival
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The festival was inaugurated in 1983 and w ...
and the
Cabourg Film Festival
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.
''
Variety
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* Variety show, in theater and television
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* ''Variety'' (1925 film), a German silent film directed by Ewald Andre Dupont
* ''Variety'' (1935 film), ...
'' reviewed the film favorably, suggesting the cast was "solid." and that the film deserve a "wider audience" than "Francophone arthouses and Jewish fests".
For ''
Les Echos'', it is "the best French film in a long time", as it shows many social classes in Paris, and admits the fact that Paris, as pretty as it is, has nothing left to offer.
References
External links
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2012 films
2012 drama films
Films about Jews and Judaism
French drama films
2010s French-language films
2010s French films