The Contract ( he, כַּץ וְקָרַסוֹ ', lit. ''Katz and Karasso'') is a 1971

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 ...

i comedy film directed and written by

Menahem Golan Menahem Golan ( he, מנחם גולן; May 31, 1929 – August 8, 2014, originally Menachem Globus) was an Israeli film producer, screenwriter, and director. He was best known for co-owning The Cannon Group with his cousin Yoram Globus. Cannon sp ...

and produced by

Yoram Globus Yoram Globus ( he, יורם גלובוס; born 7 September 1943) is an Israeli–American film producer, cinema owner, and distributor. He has been involved in over 300 full-length motion pictures and he is most known for his association with ...

. The film is in the

Bourekas film Bourekas films ( he, סרטי בורקס) were a genre of Israeli-made comic melodrama films popular in Israel in the 1960s and 1970s. History ''Haaretz'' film critic Uri Klein describes Bourekas films as a "peculiarly Israeli genre of comic melodr ...

genre.Meir Schnitzer, Israeli Cinema: Facts/ Plots/ Directors / Opinions, Kinneret Publishing House, 1994. P. 118. It sold 885,000 tickets and is the 6th most-watched Israeli film ever.

Plot

Ashkenazi Ashkenazi Jews ( ; he, יְהוּדֵי אַשְׁכְּנַז, translit=Yehudei Ashkenaz, ; yi, אַשכּנזישע ייִדן, Ashkenazishe Yidn), also known as Ashkenazic Jews or ''Ashkenazim'',, Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation: , singu ...

Shmuel Katz (

Shmuel Rodensky Shmuel Rodensky ( he, שמואל רודנסקי, 10 December 1902 – 16 July 1989) was a Russian-born Israeli actor whose stage, film, and television career in Israel and West Germany spanned six decades. He immigrated to Mandatory Palestine in 19 ...

) and

Sephardic Sephardic (or Sephardi) Jews (, ; lad, Djudíos Sefardíes), also ''Sepharadim'' , Modern Hebrew: ''Sfaradim'', Tiberian Hebrew, Tiberian: Səp̄āraddîm, also , ''Ye'hude Sepharad'', lit. "The Jews of Spain", es, Judíos sefardíes (or ), ...

Kasosh Carasso (

Joseph Shiloach Yosef Shiloach ( he, יוסף שילוח; July 9, 1941 – January 3, 2011) was an Israeli actor. Biography Yosef Shiloach was born in Kurdistan. He immigrated to Israel at the age of nine.Efrat Lavie Efrat ( he, אֶפְרָת), or previously officially Efrata ( he, אֶפְרָתָה), is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, established in 1983 in the Judean Mountains. Efrat is located south of Jerusalem, between Bethlehem and Hebron, ...

) and the younger Tiki ( Nitza Shaul), while Carraso has two sons, Joseph (Osi) (

Yehuda Barkan Yehuda Barkan ( he, יהודה בארקן; 29 March 1945 – 23 October 2020) was an Israeli actor, film producer, film director, and screenwriter. He was noted for his appearance in Israeli comedy cult classics of the 1970s, and for producing a ...

) and Eliyahu (Yahu) ( Gadi Yagil). In order to win the contract, Katz sends his Naomi while Carasso sends Osi to

Eilat Eilat ( , ; he, אֵילַת ; ar, إِيلَات, Īlāt) is Israel's southernmost city, with a population of , a busy port and popular resort at the northern tip of the Red Sea, on what is known in Israel as the Gulf of Eilat and in Jordan ...

in order to seduce the womanizing Mr. Israel Israeli (

Yehuda Efroni Judah or Yehuda is the name of a biblical patriarch, Judah (son of Jacob). It may also refer to: Historical ethnic, political and geographic terms * Tribe of Judah, one of the twelve Tribes of Israel; their allotment corresponds to Judah or Jud ...

). While Mr. Israeli pursue Daniela, a friend of Osi ( Tzipi Levine) the two connect and fall for each other. In the meantime, in

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...

, Yahu, who still lives with his parents and strive to have his own place, runs away from home and find himself stranded in a coffeehouse, where he is harassed by a group of young partiers. He is saved by Tiki, who shelters him for the night. Mr. Israeli arrives to Tel Aviv, where he expects to party and is promised a good time by both Naomi and Osi, although the two set a date for themselves and abandon Mr. Israeli on his own. Tiki and Eliyahu set a party for their friends in Osi's apartment, which Mr. Israeli joins.
When both Katz and Carraso find about their offspring connecting, both react angrily. Katz, along with Mr. Israeli's wife crash the party and Tiki and Eliyahu run away on his bike, and once it break down, hitch-hike their way to Eilat, while Osi and Naomi continue their date with an all-night drive in the same direction.
Tiki and Eliyahu find themselves in a

Hippie A hippie, also spelled hippy, especially in British English, is someone associated with the counterculture of the 1960s, originally a youth movement that began in the United States during the mid-1960s and spread to different countries around ...

village where they are arrested by the police in accusation of using drugs. Upon learning of their arrest both families head to Eilat to save their children, while the fathers quarrel on the way. The two youngsters are released from police custody and while preparing for the journey back north, the families meet Mr. Israeli who notify them that Osi and Naomi are having an engagement party in the hippie Nelson Village in Taba. At the party Mr. Israeli negotiates a truce between Katz and Carraso, and while the two close the deal, he is approached by a beautiful woman, a representative of a third insurance broker, Shimshon.Zeev Har-Nof, Davar, December 3, 1971

Cast

Carraso family: *

Yosef Shiloach Yosef Shiloach ( he, יוסף שילוח; July 9, 1941 – January 3, 2011) was an Israeli actor. Biography Yosef Shiloach was born in Kurdistan. He immigrated to Israel at the age of nine.Esther Greenberg as Sarina Carraso *

as Yosef "Osi" Carraso * Gadi Yagil as Eliyahu "Yahu" Carraso Katz family: *

as Shmuel Katz *

Lea Koenig Lea Koenig (or Lia Koenig; he, ליא קניג; born Lea Kamien; 30 November 1929) is an Israeli actress,
ni ...

as Fania Katz *

Efrat Lavie Efrat ( he, אֶפְרָת), or previously officially Efrata ( he, אֶפְרָתָה), is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, established in 1983 in the Judean Mountains. Efrat is located south of Jerusalem, between Bethlehem and Hebron, ...

as Naomi Katz * Nitza Shaul as Tikva "Tiki" Katz Other roles: *

as Mr. Israel Israeli *

Leah Dolitzkaya Leah ''La'ya;'' from (; ) appears in the Hebrew Bible as one of the two wives of the Biblical patriarch Jacob. Leah was Jacob's first wife, and the older sister of his second (and favored) wife Rachel. She is the mother of Jacob's first son ...

as Shoshana Israeli, Mr. Israeli's wife * Tzipi Levine as Daniela *

Mona Silberstein Mona may refer to: People *Mona (name), a female given name, nickname and surname *Mona (Angolan footballer) (born 1997) *Mona, ring name of American wrestler Nora Greenwald Museums *Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, Nebraska, US *Museum of Neon ...

as secretary *

Rafi Nelson Rafi may refer to: Places * Rafi, Iran, a city in Khuzestan Province * Rafi, Abadan, a village in Khuzestan Province * Rafi, Nigeria, a Local Government Area of Niger State Other uses * Rafi (name), a name of Arabic origin * Rafi (political party) ...

as himself *

Tikva Mor Tikva may refer to: Arts and entertainment: *Tikva Records, a Jewish American record label which existed from the 1940s to the 1970s People: *Tikva Frymer-Kensky (1943–2006), Professor at the University of Chicago Divinity School * Avi Tikva (b ...

as Shimshon representative

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