Movie: Jaffa

Top 10 Billed Cast

Dana Ivgy
Dana Ivgy

Mali Wolf

Moni Moshonov
Moni Moshonov

Reuven Wolf

Ronit Elkabetz
Ronit Elkabetz

Osnat 'Ossi' Wolf

Hussein Yassin Mahajne
Hussein Yassin Mahajne

Hassan

Roy Assaf
רועי אסף

Meir Wolf

Lili Ivgy
Lili Ivgy

Shiran Wolf

Zenabh Mahrab
Zenabh Mahrab

Naima

Suma Zenabh
Suma Zenabh

Evtesam

Dalia Beger
Dalia Beger

Aunt Suzi

Mahmoud Shalaby
Mahmoud Shalaby

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    In the city of Jaffa; a young girl plans to run away with her secret lover, when a tragedy forever changes the course of their lives. Jaffa is a mixed Arabic - Jewish seaside city near Tel Aviv, where Reuven Wolf (Moni Moshonov) has a garage for repairing cars. His wife Ossi (Ronit Elkabetz), a vain, self-centered woman, just makes everybody's life difficult. The couple's daughter, Mali Wolf (Dana Ivgy), has secretly fallen in love with her childhood friend, the young Toufik (newcomer Mahmud Shalaby), a hard-working youth who has come as a helping hand to his Israeli-Arab father Hassan, a long-time mechanic working for Reuven.

  • Release Date

    2009-06-10

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    5.944

  • Rating:

    3.0 starts
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  • Languages:

    العربيةעִבְרִית
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