''The Assassin Next Door'' ( he, קירות, Kirot; ) is an Israeli
action drama
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-ge ...
film directed by Danny Lerner in 2009.
The primary language is English with many scenes in Russian and Hebrew with English subtitles.
Plot
Galia is a Ukrainian sex slave working 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 ...
who attempts to escape with another woman. They are captured and beaten and she watches her friend stabbed to death. She demands to be released and a Russian mobster feels she is smart and strong enough to fill another role. She is told to assassinate a man in a coffee shop and is successful. She is then given an apartment and a
pittance
Pittance (through Old French ''pitance'' and from Latin ''pietas'', loving-kindness) is a gift to the members of a religious house for masses, consisting usually of an extra allowance of food or wine on occasions such as the anniversary of the dono ...
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She performs intermittent assassinations while trying to earn money and to have her passport returned to her so she can return to Ukraine and re-unite with her daughter. She is troubled, though, by the noise of her neighbor constantly beating his wife Elinor. She reaches out to her neighbor and offers friendship, as she can relate to her situation having formerly also been a battered wife.
Galia and Elinor develop a very affectionate friendship. Galia performs her last hit but then the Russian mafia turns on her and attempts to kill her. She then robs the mafia of the money she is owed and attempts to get Elinor to run away with her. At first she is not successful until Elinor stabs her husband when he is beating her and she is now pregnant. As they run away together they are pursued by the mafia in a series of bloody shootouts.
Cast
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Olga Kurylenko
Olga Kostyantynivna Kurylenko ( uk, Ольга Костянтинівна Куриленко; born 14 November 1979) is a Ukrainian and French actress and model. She started her acting career in 2005, and first found success as an actress for ...
- Galia
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Ninet Tayeb
Nati Ninet Tayeb ( he, נינט טייב; born October 21, 1983), commonly known as Ninet, is an Israeli musician, singer-songwriter, composer, DJ, model, actress, and a reality television program judge in '' Rising Star: Israel''. She is conside ...
- Eleanor
* - Mishka
* - Roni
* - Michael
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Zohar Strauss
Zohar Zalman Strauss ( he, זהר זלמן שטראוס; born 4 March 1972 in Haifa) is an Israeli theater, film, and television actor.
Biography
Strauss was born in Haifa, Israel, to a secular Jewish family of Ashkenazi Jewish descent.
He wo ...
- Eleanor's violent husband
* - Nina
* - Peter
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Roy Assaf - Shay
* - Blanit
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Ester Rada
Ester Rada ( he, אסתר רָדָא, born March 7, 1985) is an Israeli actress and singer.
Biography
Rada was born in Kiryat Arba, Israel, to a religious Ethiopian-Jewish family. Her parents, originally from a village near Gondar, were res ...
- Barbie
References
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2009 films
2009 action drama films
2000s English-language films
English-language French films
English-language Israeli films
2000s Hebrew-language films
Israeli action drama films
2000s Russian-language films
Films about domestic violence
Films scored by Nathaniel Méchaly
French action drama films
2009 multilingual films
French multilingual films
Israeli multilingual films
2000s French films
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