''Turn Left at the End of the World'' ( he, סוף העולם שמאלה, ''Sof HaOlam Smola'') is a 2004 Israeli film written, produced and directed by

Avi Nesher Avi Nesher ( Hebrew: אבי נשר; born 13 December 1952) is an Israeli film producer, film director, screenwriter and actor. Biography Avi Nesher was born and raised in Ramat Gan, Israel. The child of a Romanian-born diplomat, and a mother w ...

and starring

Netta Garti Netta Garti (or Neta Garty; he, נטע גרטי; born 20 March 1980) is an Israeli actress. Biography Garti was born in and lives in Tel Aviv, Israel, to a Jewish family. She played the role of Cookie in the Israeli television series '' The Ar ...

and Liraz Charhi.

Plot

The film takes place in a small

Negev The Negev or Negeb (; he, הַנֶּגֶב, hanNegév; ar, ٱلنَّقَب, an-Naqab) is a desert and semidesert region of southern Israel. The region's largest city and administrative capital is Beersheba (pop. ), in the north. At its southe ...

development town Development towns ( he, עיירת פיתוח, ''Ayarat Pitu'ah'') were new settlements built in Israel during the 1950s in order to provide permanent housing for a large influx of Jewish immigrants from Arab countries, Holocaust survivors from E ...

in 1968 and narrates the struggle of Moroccan and

Indian Indian or Indians may refer to: Peoples South Asia * Indian people, people of Indian nationality, or people who have an Indian ancestor ** Non-resident Indian, a citizen of India who has temporarily emigrated to another country * South Asia ...

olim 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 ...

, focusing on the relationship between two girls, Sarah Talkar and Nicole Shushan.

Cast

: Nicole Shushan * Liraz Charhi: Sarah Talkar *

Aure Atika Aure Atika (born 12 July 1970) is a French actress, writer and director. Life and career The daughter of Jewish-Moroccan Ode Atika Bitton and Frenchman Michel Fournier (his father was born in Algeria from the Aimeur family of film actors and ...

: Simone Toledano * Ruby Porat Shoval: Jeannette Shushan *

Krutika Desai Khan Kruttika Desai is an Indian film, theatre and television actress. In the 90s, she gained initial fame in the serial BUNIYAD and later for her role of Vishkanya in popular fantasy series ''Chandrakanta (1994 TV series), Chandrakanta'', and late ...

: Rachel Talkar *

Jean Benguigui Jean Benguigui (born 8 April 1944 in Oran) is a French actor. He is of Jewish-Algerian descent. In 2006 and 2007 he played the role of impresario Cartoni in a new adaptation of the operetta Le Chanteur de Mexico at the Théâtre du Châtelet ...

: Isaac Shushan *

Parmeet Sethi Parmeet Sethi is an Indian actor, director, producer and writer. He is best known for portraying Kuljeet Singh in his debut in Aditya Chopra's directorial debut ''Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge'' (1995). Sethi has also acted in films such as ''Dh ...

: Roger Talkar *

British Cricket Player British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, ...

: Eyal Ben-Ze'ev

Production

Outdoor scenes were filmed in

Midreshet Ben-Gurion Midreshet Ben-Gurion ( he, מִדְרֶשֶׁת בֶּן גּוּרְיוֹן), also known as Midreshet Sde Boker, is an educational center and boarding school in southern Israel. Located in the Negev next to kibbutz Sde Boker, it falls under the ...

Reception

The film participated in international film festivals in the United States, Australia, India and European countries, and received several awards, including the Audience Award at the festival

Taormina Film Fest Taormina Film Fest (TFF) is a film festival that began in 1955 under the name Rassegna Cinematografica Internazionale di Messina e Taormina. The exhibition, which moved permanently to Taormina in 1971, has hosted over the years many stars of inter ...

and the Jury Prize at the

Tokyo International Film Festival The is a film festival established in 1985. The event was held biennially from 1985 to 1991 and annually thereafter. Along with the Shanghai International Film Festival, it is one of Asia's competitive film festivals, and is considered to be the ...

. Following its release in Israel, the film sold over 600,000 tickets, breaking box office records.Israeli cinema has arrived
Israel 21c, 25 March 2007

References

External links

"Turn Left at the End of the World" - The full film is available on VOD
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the website for the Israel Film Archive - Jerusalem Cinematheque
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''Turn Left at the End of the World'' at the Israeli Film Database
* {{Rotten Tomatoes, turn_left_at_the_end_of_the_world, Turn Left at the End of the World 2004 films 2000s Hebrew-language films 2000s French-language films 2000s coming-of-age drama films Films directed by Avi Nesher Films about Moroccan Jews Films set in 1968 Films set in Israel Israeli coming-of-age drama films 2004 drama films 2000s English-language films 2004 multilingual films Israeli multilingual films