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Genre
  
Drama

Duration
  

Country
  
Israel France

6.4/10
IMDb

Director
  
Eran Merav

Screenplay
  
Eran Merav

Language
  
Hebrew

Zion and His Brother movie poster

Writer
  
Eran Merav (screenplay)

Release date
  
August 5, 2009 (2009-08-05)

Cast
  
Ronit Elkabetz, Tzahi Grad, Ofer Hayun, Reuven Badalov

Producers
  
Marin Karmitz, Assaf Amir, Yoav Roeh

Similar movies
  
Ronit Elkabetz movies, Dramas

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Zion and His Brother is a 2009 French-Israeli drama film starring Reuven Badalov and Ronit Elkabetz. The film, directed by Eran Merav premiered on 17 January 2009 at the Sundance Film Festival.

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Plot synopsis

Amidst the circumstances of an absent father and a single mother busy making ends meet and satisfying her boyfriend, the oldest son Meir takes care of his younger brother, Zion and they evident have an inseparable powerful bond. Meirs is there to handle the situation when Zion confesses that a schoolmate has stolen his soccer sneakers. Yet things unravel when the thef seeks a reprisal, and soon Zion understands he’s complicit in a secret only he and Meir share. This pressure and Meir's clashes with their mother's boyfriend leave the fraternal allegiance in disarray.

Cast

  • Reuven Badalov as Zion
  • Ronit Elkabetz as Mother
  • Tzahi Grad as Eli
  • Ofer Hayun as Meir
  • Awards and nominations

    Ghent International Film Festival

  • Best Screenplay - Eran Merav (won)
  • Best Film - Eran Merav (nomination)
  • Sundance Film Festival

  • World cinema - dramatic - Eran Merav (nomination)
  • References

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