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77%
Rotten Tomatoes

Director
  
Keren Yedaya

Screenplay
  
Keren Yedaya, Sari Ezouz

Language
  
Hebrew

7.1/10
IMDb

64%
Metacritic

Genre
  
Drama, Romance

Duration
  

Country
  
France Israel

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Writer
  
Sari Ezouz
,
Keren Yedaya

Release date
  
(Israel) 16 September 2004 (France) 1 December 2004 (Sweden) 15 April 2005 (Belgium) 18 May 2005 (USA) limited release 1 June 2005

Initial release
  
September 16, 2004 (Israel)

Producers
  
Marek Rozenbaum, Itai Tamir, Jerome Bleitrach, Emmanuel Agneray

Cast
  
Ronit Elkabetz
(Ruthie),
Dana Ivgy
(Or),
Meshar Cohen
(Ido),
Katia Zinbris
(Rachel),
Shmuel Edelman
(Shmuel)

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Or (My Treasure) is a 2004 drama film starring Dana Ivgy in the title role of Or, a teenager who struggles to be responsible for her prostitute mother Ruthie, played by Ronit Elkabetz. The French-Israeli production premiered on 14 May 2004 at the Cannes Film Festival.

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Plot synopsis

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A teenager named Or (Dana Ivgy) works a variety of odd jobs to help support herself and her mother. When her mother, Ruthie (Ronit Elkabetz), returns home after a hospital stay, Or tells Ruthie she has found her a job cleaning houses.

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However, Ruthie is unmotivated by her new poorly paid job and quickly returns to prostitution.

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In the meantime, Or begins a burgeoning romance with her neighbour and childhood friend, Ido. After they sleep together, Ido's mother confronts Ruthie and makes it clear that though she likes Or she does not approve of their relationship.

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Her relationship with Ido and his family crumbling, and finding herself unable to make rent and desperate to save her mother from the streets, Or begins to prostitute herself as well, first by offering sexual services to her landlord and finally by joining an escort service.

Reception

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Or won 10 awards, including five at the Cannes Film Festival, and was nominated for a further 8. Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a freshness rating of 77%.

Awards and nominations

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Israeli Film Academy

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  • Best Actress - Dana Ivgy (won)
  • Best Art Direction - Avi Fahima (nomination)
  • Best Director - Keren Yedaya (nomination)
  • Best Film - (nomination)
  • Best Screenplay - Keren Yedaya
    Sari Ezouz (nomination)
  • Best Supporting Actress - Ronit Elkabetz (nomination)

    • Bogota Film Festival

  • Best Film - Keren Yedaya (nomination)

    • International Film Festival Bratislava

  • Grand Prix - Keren Yedaya
    Ronit Elkabetz
    Dana Ivgy (won)

    • Cannes Film Festival

  • Critics Week Grand Prize - Keren Yedaya (won)
  • Golden Camera - Keren Yedaya (won)
  • Prix Regards Jeune Award for Best Feature Film - Keren Yedaya (won)
  • SACD Screenwriting Award - Keren Yedaya
    Sari Ezouz (won)
  • Young Critics Award for Best Feature - Keren Yedaya (won)

    • European Film Awards

  • European Discovery of the Year - Keren Yedaya (nomination)

    • Jerusalem Film Festival

  • Wolgin Award for Best Israeli Feature - Keren Yedaya (nomination)

    • Mexico City International Contemporary Film Festival

  • Best Realisation - Keren Yedaya (won)
  • Best Actress - Ronit Elkabetz shared with Dana Ivgy (won)

    • Palm Springs International Film Festival

  • New Voices/New Visions Special Jury Mention - Keren Yedaya (won)

    • Cast

  • Dana Ivgy as Or
  • Ronit Elkabetz as Ruthie
  • Katia Zinbris as Rachel
  • Meshar Cohen as Ido

    • References

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