- Jellyfish (film)
Infobox Film
name = מדוזות (Meduzot - Jellyfish)
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director =Etgar Keret Shira Geffen
producer =Yael Fogiel Amir Harel Ayelet Kit
writer =Shira Geffen
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starring =Sarah Adler Nikol Leidman Gera Sandler Noa Knoller Ma-nenita De Latorre Zaharira Harifai
music = Christopher Bowen
cinematography =Antoine Héberlé
editing =François Gédigier
distributor =Pyramide Distribution (France ) (theatrical)
released =June 28 ,2007
runtime = 78 min.
country = Flagicon|ISRIsrael
language = Hebrew, English, Tagalog, German
budget =$1,800,000
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imdb_id = 0807721Jellyfish (Hebrew: מדוזות - Meduzot) is a
2007 Israel ifilm based on a story byShira Geffen and directed by her and her husband,Etgar Keret . The film tells the story of three women in Tel Aviv whose intersecting lives paint a portrait of Israeli life. Batya, a waitress at weddings, comes across a mute child who seemingly emerges out of the sea. Keren, a bride whose wedding Batya worked at, breaks her leg climbing out of bathroom stall and ruins her dream honeymoon in the process. And Joy, a Filipino domestic, attends with her employer with whom she struggles to communicate. Poetic imagery draws connections between the lives of these women, all of whom find solace in the sea.Jellyfish was the winner of the 2007
Camera d'Or at theCannes Film Festival . The film starsSarah Adler andGera Sandler . In addition, Etgar Keret has a small cameo. The DVD release date is September 30, 2008.Critical reception
The film received generally positive reviews from Western critics. The review aggregator
Rotten Tomatoes reported that 88% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 49 reviews. [cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/meduzot/ |title=Jellyfish Movie Reviews, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes |accessdate=2008-04-04 |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes ]Metacritic reported the film had an average score of 68 out of 100, based on 11 reviews. [cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/jellyfish |title=Jellyfish (2008): Reviews |accessdate=2008-04-04 |publisher=Metacritic ]References
External links
*imdb title|id=0807721|title=Jellyfish
*rotten-tomatoes|id=meduzot|title=Jellyfish
*metacritic film|id=jellyfish|title=Jellyfish
*amg movie|id=1:400014|title=Jellyfish
* [http://seret.co.il/movies/s_movies.asp?MID=2314 Seret.co.il] - Israel Movie Website entry (Hebrew)
* [http://www.filmfund.org.il/page.aspx?section=625&mode=movie&itemid=1920 Israeli Film Fund] - Israeli Film Fund website entry (Hebrew)
* [http://www.zeitgeistfilms.com/film.php?directoryname=jellyfish] - Zeitgeist Films official site* [http://blssresearch.com Baseline Research (A Part of The New York Times Co.)] - budget entry
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