Matzor is a 1969 Israeli film directed by Italian director Gilberto Tofano. It involves the theme of a widowed mother (actress Gila Almagor

Gila Almagor

Gila Almagor is an Israeli actress, film star, and author.-Biography:Gila Almagor was born four months after the death of her father, Max Alexandrowitz, a Jewish immigrant from Germany who was killed by an Arab sniper while working as a policeman in Haifa...

), her lover (actor Dahn Ben Amotz) and ex-husband friend (actor Yehoram Gaon

Yehoram Gaon

Yehoram Gaon is a Jewish Israeli singer, actor, director, producer, TV and radio host, and public figure...

). It was entered into the 1969 Cannes Film Festival

1969 Cannes Film Festival

The 22nd Cannes Film Festival was held on May 8 - 23, 1969. At this festival a new non-competitive section called "Directors' Fortnight" is added, in response to the cancellation of the 1968 festival.-Jury:*Luchino Visconti...

. The film was also selected as the Israeli entry for the Best Foreign Language Film

Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...

 at the 42nd Academy Awards

42nd Academy Awards

The 42nd Academy Awards were presented April 7, 1970 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. There was no host.This is currently the highest rated of the televised Academy Awards ceremonies, according to Nielsen ratings....

, but was not accepted as a nominee.

Cast

• Eran Agmon
• Gila Almagor
  Gila Almagor
  Gila Almagor is an Israeli actress, film star, and author.-Biography:Gila Almagor was born four months after the death of her father, Max Alexandrowitz, a Jewish immigrant from Germany who was killed by an Arab sniper while working as a policeman in Haifa...
  
   as Tamar
• Yael Aviv
• Dahn Ben Amotz
• Yehoram Gaon
  Yehoram Gaon
  Yehoram Gaon is a Jewish Israeli singer, actor, director, producer, TV and radio host, and public figure...
  
   as Eli
• Omna Goldstein
• Anni Grian
• Micha Kagan
• Raviv Oren
• Amir Orion
• Baruch Sadeh
• Uri Sharoni

See also

• List of submissions to the 42nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Israeli submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

External links

• Matzor page on The New York Times
  The New York Times
  The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...