Yana's Friends (Ha-Chaverim Shel Yana) (1999)

7.2	IMDB rating

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Starring

Evelyn Kaplun
Yana

Nir Levy
Eli

Shmil Ben Ari
Yuri Kalantarov

Israel Sasha Demidov
Fima

Lucy Dubinchik
Yuri's daughter

Valentin Nikulin
Neighbour

George Bush
Himself

Clara Rockmore
Herself - Theremin Virtuoso

Description: Yana (Evelyn Kaplun), a pregnant Russian woman, has just arrived in Tel Aviv in 1991 with her husband. Since they don't have much money, they're forced to share a flat with Eli (Nir Levi), a wedding photographer. Imagine Yana's shock when her partner returns to their homeland without her, taking all the Israeli settlement money with him. Rosa (Dalia Friedland), their landlady, is also dismayed. Eli, a self-confessed hedonist, secretly begins chronicling Yana's plight on video. When Iraq sends Scud missiles into the city, these two strangers are forced to huddle together in the same sealed bedroom. Whenever Yana gets in troubl ... (more)

Release date: 4 November 1999
UPC: 720229910484

Tags: Spiritual Cinema (1), Sort (1), SnP (1), Cross-Cultural (1)

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