''The Kind Words'' ( he, המילים הטובות) is a 2015 Israeli
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...
directed by
Shemi Zarhin
Shimon "Shemi" Zarhin ( he, שמעון "שמי" זרחין, born 1961) is an Israeli novelist and film director. He was born in Tiberias and studied film at Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv University (TAU) ( he, אוּנִיבֶרְסִיטַת ...
. It was nominated for Best Film at the 2015
Ophir Award
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s. It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section of the
2015 Toronto International Film Festival
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Plot
After the death of their mother, three Jewish Israeli siblings discover the man who raised them might not be their biological father. They plan to visit their aunt in France to learn the truth, but she evades their questions. Later, they find out the man they were looking is an Algerian, Maurice Leon, but he himself doesn't reveal who he his or his religion.
Cast
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Rotem Zissman-Cohen as Dorona
* Assaf Ben-Shimon as Shai
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Roy Assaf as Netanel
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Levana Finkelstein
Levana Finkelstein ( he, לבנה פינקלשטיין; born 21 September 1947) is an Israeli actress and sculptor. She has appeared in more than thirty films since 1969.
Selected filmography
References
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1947 birth ...
as Yona Baruch
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Sasson Gabai
Sasson Gabai (or Gabay; he, ששון גבאי; born ) is an Israeli actor. He is the winner of an Ophir Award, Asia Pacific Screen Award (nominated), European Film Awards and Jerusalem Film Festival in 2007 as Best Actor in the highly acclaime ...
as The Father
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Tzachi Halevy as Rikki
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Maurice Bénichou
Maurice Bénichou (23 January 1943 in Tlemcen, French Algeria – 14 June 2019) was a French actor. His best known roles include three collaborations with director Michael Haneke ('' Code inconnu'', '' Le Temps du Loup'', and '' Caché''), and ...
as Maurice Lyon
Reception
''The Kind Words'' has a 78% on
Rotten Tomatoes
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based on 9 reviews as well as 75% approval, based on 5 reviews on
Metacritic
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References
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2015 films
2015 drama films
Israeli drama films
2010s Hebrew-language films
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