The Matchmaker (2010 film)

The Matchmaker (Hebrew: פעם הייתי‎‎, lit. "Once I Was") is a 2010 Israeli film written, directed and produced by Avi Nesher, based on the novel When Heroes Fly by award-winning author Amir Gutfreund. It premiered as an official selection at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival and later that year won the Silver Plaque award at the Chicago International Film Festival. It received seven nominations for Israel’s Ophir Awards in 2010, including Best Picture, where Adir Miller also won in the Best Actor category and Maya Dagan won in the Best Actress category.

Contents

• The matchmaker avi nesher trailer
• The matchmaker us trailer
• Cast
• Soundtrack
• References

Cast

Tuval Shafir as Arik Burstein

Adir Miller as Yankele Bride

Maya Dagan as Clara Epstein

Dror Keren as Meir the Librarian

Dov Navon as Yozi Burstein

Yarden Bar-Kochba as Nili Burstein

Neta Porat as Tamara

Bat-El Papura as Sylvia

Kobi Faraj as Moshe Abadi

Yael Leventhal as Tikva Abadi

Tom Gal as Benny Abadi

Eyal Shechter as Arik Burstein (adult)

Yaakov Bodo as Adv. Segalson

Eli Yatzpan as Uncle Nadgi

Soundtrack

Yehezkel – The High Windows

Yona Paamona

White Rabbit – Jefferson Airplane

Sunshine of your Love – Cream