High Falls Film Festival - Movie Review of Little Jerusalem
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Little Jerusalem Film Review
Little Jerusalem (LA PETITE JERUSALEM) 2005, is an interesting film because it takes you inside a culture that is seldom seen to outsiders. It illustrates the struggles of young people when they attempt to step outside of their cultural upbringing. Little Jerusalem gives you the feeling that you are living with these characters and becoming involved in their lives.
The cast includes Fanny Valette, Elsa Zylberstein, Bruno Todeschini, Hedi Tillette de Clermont Tonnerre, Sonia Tahar, Michael Cohen, Aurore Clement, Francois Marthouret.
The main character Laura is philosophy student who is drawn to the work of Kant. Laura begins to question the beliefs of her orthodox family.Set in Paris it explores the life of a young Jewish woman of Tunisia and her romance with a Muslim man from Algeria.
It is a relevant film also because of the relationship between this young Jewish woman and a Muslim man who desire to be together despite objections on both their families sides.
2005 Cannes Film Festival: Official Selection, Critics' Week
Director/Writer: Karin Albou
Producer: Isabelle Pragier, Laurent Lavole
After studying acting, dance, Hebrew, French literature and Arabic, Karen Albou enrolled in a film school in Paris. Her first short film, CHUT, was awarded the Cinécinéma Best First Film prize. After a documentary [MON PAYS M'A QUITTÉ], she chose to talk about Algeria, her father's homeland, in her second fiction AID EL KÉBIR, winner of the Grand Prize at the Clermont-Ferrand Festival. LITTLE JÉRUSALEM is her first feature film. The film is in French, Arabic and Hebrew with English subtitles.
