The Israel Film Fund Collection

The Legend of the Silent Man

91 Minutes, 1998
Genre:
Feature
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Directed by: Doron Nesher
Cast: Shmil Ben Ari, Israel (Sasha) Damidov
Production:Nili Nesher
Production Company:Rabi Akiva Productions, Shoval Film Production
Photographer: Beni Melyi
Language: Hebrew
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Doron Nesher presents a slice of film comedy, told from the point of view of a 10-year-old nameless and parentless girl. The child, who is out on the streets begging, latches on to Shlomo – a fellow beggar who has lost the plot and has been going around claiming he is in fact the Messiah’s watchmaker. The pair end up in an abandoned house where another beggar lives – he is Meir Loya who became a paraplegic ten years ago and is now growing weed at the local cemetery. Miraculously, the trio end up with a winning lottery ticket, but with the huge windfall that falls into their lap also comes a host of fresh, unexpected trouble.

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