''The Holy Land'' is a 2001 Israeli drama film written and directed by

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and starring Oren Rehany, Tchelet Semel, Saul Stein, Albert Iluz, Arie Moskuna. It is Gorlin's directorial debut.

Cast

* Oren Rehany as Mendy *Tchelet Semel as Natasha “Sasha” Sonsova *Saul Stein as Mike *Albert Iluz as Razi *Arie Moskuna as The Exterminator

Production

The film was shot on location in

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 ...

Reception

The film has a 51% rating on

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Awards and nominations

The film won the grand jury prize for best feature at the 2002

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and the best film prize at the 2002 Avignon New York festival. Gorlin was also nominated for the

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at the 18th Independent Spirit Awards.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Holy Land Israeli drama films 2001 directorial debut films 2001 films 2000s English-language films 2000s Arabic-language films 2000s Russian-language films 2000s Hebrew-language films 2001 drama films 2001 multilingual films Israeli multilingual films