The Holy Land

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• Genre(s): Drama
• Language(s): עִבְרִית (Hebrew)
• Director(s): Eitan Gorlin
• Cast(s): Saul Stein, Albert Iluz, Aryeh Moskona, Mosko Alkalai, Igor Mirkurbanov See all Cast & Crew

• Duration: 1h 42min
• Award(s): Grand Jury Prize 2002 (Won)
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• Similar To: Highway 65, Ahed's Knee
• Story:
  A coming-of-age saga set against the tense backdrop of Arab-Israeli politics. Mendy is a young Rabbinical student whose mind is too full of curiosity about the world that exists outside the restrictions of Orthodox Judaism. Recognizing his distraction, Mendy's teacher suggests that he visit a prostitute to get it out of his system. But on a fateful night, when he meets Sacha, a captivating Russian expatriate, who works in a Tel Aviv bordello, his appetite for outside experience only grows stronger.
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