Storyline
Life in a Tel Aviv apartment complex, an urban mosaic whose seedy characters, try as they might, can't get out of one another's faces. Gabi, a bobbed haired sexpot, and her lover Hezi—who's older, balding and married—rent a room to have an affair, while Ezra, a pot bellied divorcee, supervises an illegal construction site next door. All this racket drives Schwartz, a Holocaust survivor, to a mental breakdown. Other characters include illegal Chinese immigrants, a teenage boy who's afraid to serve in the army, and a corrupt police detective.
Cast & Crew
Yaël Abecassis
Gabi
Lead
Hana Laslo
Mali
Uri Klauzner
Ezra
Ronit Elkabetz
Ronit
AL
Amos Lavi
Hezi
LB
Lupo Berkowitch
Aviram
LL
Liran Levo
Ilan
Yosef Carmon
Schwartz
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Amos Gitai's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Alila is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
