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Jellyfish

Life Stings

7.0 / 10 2007 1h 22mNR Hebrew
DramaRomance

Storyline

Meduzot (the Hebrew word for Jellyfish) tells the story of three very different Israeli women living in Tel Aviv whose intersecting stories weave an unlikely portrait of modern Israeli life. Batya, a catering waitress, takes in a young child apparently abandoned at a local beach. Batya is one of the servers at the wedding reception of Keren, a young bride who breaks her leg in trying to escape from a locked toilet stall, which ruins her chance at a romantic honeymoon in the Caribbean. One of the guests is Joy, a Philippine chore woman attending the event with her employer, and who doesn't speak any Hebrew (she communicates mainly in English), and who is guilt-ridden after having left her young son behind in the Philippines.

Cast & Crew

Sarah Adler

Sarah Adler

Batya

Lead
Shosha Goren

Shosha Goren

Tikva

TA

Tsipor Aizen

Tamar

BA

Bruria Albeck

Relly

IB

Ilanit Ben-Yaakov

Galia

Assi Dayan

Assi Dayan

Eldad

MF

Miri Fabian

Nili

JG

Johnathan Gurfinkel

Amir

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Shira Geffen's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Jellyfish is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker