Saint Clara (film)
''Saint Clara'' ( he, קלרה הקדושה) is a 1996 Israeli film directed by Ari Folman and Ori Sivan with a screenplay by Folman based on the novel ''The Ideas of Saint Clara'' by Pavel Kohout. The film takes place in 1999 in a small Israeli town, in which a young girl called Clara Chanov (Lucy Dubinchik) discovers that she has paranormal powers that allow her to predict the future. The film was selected as the Israeli entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 69th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Plot The film opens with Eddie Tikel and "Rozy" Rosenthal running towards their classroom in the Golda School just a few moments before Headmaster Tissona and Zvi Munitz, the classroom's homeroom teacher, arrive with the math results: the entire class got a perfect 100% on their test. After sarcastically "praising" the class, Munitz and Tissona proceed to denounce this as "an act of rebel ...
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Ari Folman
Ari Folman ( he, ארי פולמן) (born December 17, 1962) is an Israeli film director, screenwriter, animator, and film-score composer. He directed the Oscar-nominated animated documentary film ''Waltz with Bashir'' (2008) and the live-action/animated film '' The Congress''. Biography Ari Folman was born in Haifa to Holocaust survivors. His wife is also a film director. They live in Tel Aviv. In 2006, he was the head writer of the Hot 3 famous drama series ''BeTipul''. Folman's latest project is an animated drama film based on the life of Anne Frank during the Holocaust, named ''Where Is Anne Frank?'' ''Waltz with Bashir'' Ari Folman's memories of the aftermath of the 1982 Sabra and Shatila massacre, which took place when he was a 19-year-old soldier, served as the basis for his movie ''Waltz with Bashir''. The film follows his attempt to regain his memories of the war through therapy, as well as conversations with old friends and other Israelis who were present in ...
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