''Wonderland'' ( he, פלאות, Plaot, ''lit.'' Wonders), also known as ''The Wonders'' is an

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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 ...

from 2013. It is a comic thriller and tribute to the genre of film noir.

Plot

Ariel Navon ( Uri Hezekiah), who goes by the nickname Rabbit, is a young

Hiloni ''Hiloni'' ( he, חִלּוֹנִי), plural ''hilonim'' ( he, חִלּוֹנִים; "secular"), is a social category in Israel, designating the least religious segment among the Jewish public. The other three subgroups on the scale of Jewish ...

who lives and works as a bartender in

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

. With him is his former partner, Vax (

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) who is in the process of becoming more religious. At nights, Rabbit paints graffiti and covers his face to avoid the police. One evening, Rabbit sees three religious men bringing a covered figure into an abandoned building opposite his apartment window. The next day, he meets a private investigator named Jacob Ghitis ( Adir Miller), who wishes to use a Rabbit's apartment for a view of the abandoned building. Rabbit swings between refusal and acceptance and finally agrees to allow the investigator to install a hidden camera in his apartment. The film was influenced by an incident where popular religious Israeli figure, Rabbi Nir Ben-Artzi, disappeared from the public for three years.

Cast

* Uri Hezekiah - Rabbi (

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: ארנב) / Ariel Navon * Adir Miller - Yaakov Gitis * Yehuda Levy - Rav Shaya Knafo *Yuval Scharf - Ela Gorski *

- Vax *Shanan Street - Seller kiosk *Gavri Banay - Login pub

References

External links

* 2013 films Israeli comedy films 2010s Hebrew-language films Films directed by Avi Nesher Films set in Jerusalem {{Israel-film-stub