Or is a 2004 drama film

Drama film

A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...

 starring Dana Ivgy

Dana Ivgy

Dana Ivgy is an Israeli actress and the daughter of actor, Moshe Ivgy.-Career:As a child, Ivgy appeared in several television and film productions...

 in the title role of Or, a teenager who struggles to be responsible for her prostitute mother Ruthie, played by Ronit Elkabetz

Ronit Elkabetz

Ronit Elkabetz is an Israeli actress and filmmaker. She works in both Israeli and French cinema. She has won three Ophir Awards and has received a total of seven nominations.- Biography :...

. The French-Israeli production premiered on 14 May 2004 at the Cannes Film Festival

2004 Cannes Film Festival

The 2004 Cannes Film Festival started on May 12 and ran until May 23. The Palme d'Or went to the American film Fahrenheit 9/11 by Michael Moore.-Jury:* Quentin Tarantino, President * Emmanuelle Béart * Edwidge Danticat * Tilda Swinton...

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Plot synopsis

Or's responsibility at home gives way to an increasingly wilder side of her personality, pushed further by the mother of her boyfriend who tells Or that their sexual relationship isn't suitable for her son. Ruthie, meanwhile, tries to hold down a poorly paid job as a cleaner and give up prostitution at her daughter's urging, yet is unable to stay away from the streets.

Reception

Or won 10 awards, including five at the Cannes Film Festival

Cannes Film Festival

The Cannes International Film Festival , is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres including documentaries from around the world. Founded in 1946, it is among the world's most prestigious and publicized film festivals...

, and was nominated for a further 8. Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a freshness rating of 77%.

Awards and nominations

Israeli Film Academy

• Best Actress - Dana Ivgy
  Dana Ivgy
  Dana Ivgy is an Israeli actress and the daughter of actor, Moshe Ivgy.-Career:As a child, Ivgy appeared in several television and film productions...
  
   (won)
• Best Art Direction - Avi Fahima (nomination)
• Best Director - Keren Yedaya
  Keren Yedaya
  Keren Yedaya is an Israeli filmmaker. She was born in the United States, but her family moved to Israel in 1975 when she was just three. She trained at the Camera Obscura School of Art in Tel Aviv....
  
   (nomination)
• Best Film - (nomination)
• Best Screenplay - Keren Yedaya
  Keren Yedaya
  Keren Yedaya is an Israeli filmmaker. She was born in the United States, but her family moved to Israel in 1975 when she was just three. She trained at the Camera Obscura School of Art in Tel Aviv....
  
  
  Sari Ezouz (nomination)
• Best Supporting Actress - Ronit Elkabetz
  Ronit Elkabetz
  Ronit Elkabetz is an Israeli actress and filmmaker. She works in both Israeli and French cinema. She has won three Ophir Awards and has received a total of seven nominations.- Biography :...
  
   (nomination)

Bogota Film Festival

Bogotá

Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...

• Best Film - Keren Yedaya (nomination)

International Film Festival Bratislava

International Film Festival Bratislava

The International Film Festival Bratislava is an international film festival established in 1999 and held annually in Bratislava, Slovakia....

• Grand Prix - Keren Yedaya
  Ronit Elkzabetz
  Dana Ivgy (won)

Cannes Film Festival

2004 Cannes Film Festival

The 2004 Cannes Film Festival started on May 12 and ran until May 23. The Palme d'Or went to the American film Fahrenheit 9/11 by Michael Moore.-Jury:* Quentin Tarantino, President * Emmanuelle Béart * Edwidge Danticat * Tilda Swinton...

• Critics Week Grand Prize - Keren Yedaya (won)
• Golden Camera - Keren Yedaya (won)
• Prix Regards Jeune Award for Best Feature Film - Keren Yedaya (won)
• SACD Screenwriting Award - Keren Yedaya
  Sari Ezouz (won)
• Young Critics Award for Best Feature - Keren Yedaya (won)

Chlotrudis Awards

Chlotrudis Awards 2006

The 12th Annual Chlotrudis Awards were presented March 19, 2006 by the Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film. Honoring the best of the past year's independent, documentary and international film, the awards ceremony took place at the venerable Brattle Theatre in Cambridge, Massachusetts...

• Chlotrudis Award for Best Actress
  Chlotrudis Award for Best Actress
  The Chlotrudis Award for Best Actress is an award given by the Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film to the actress or actresses whose winning performance is voted by participating members. The Chlotrudis Awards is an annual ceremony where the best of the previous year's independent and...
  
   - Ronit Elkabetz (nomination)

European Film Awards

• European Discovery of the Year - Keren Yedaya (nomination)

Jerusalem Film Festival

Jerusalem Film Festival

The Jerusalem Film Festival is an international film festival held annually in Jerusalem, Israel. The festival was the brainchild of Lia van Leer, who inaugurated it on May 17, 1984...

• Wolgin Award for Best Israeli Feature - Keren Yedaya (nomination)

Mexico City International Contemporary Film Festival

• Best Realisation - Keren Yedaya (won)
• Best Actress - Ronit Elkabetz shared with Dana Ivgy (won)

Palm Springs International Film Festival

Palm Springs International Film Festival

Palm Springs International Film Festival is a film festival held in Palm Springs, California. It was started in 1989 and is held annually in January...

• New Voices/New Visions Special Jury Mention - Keren Yedaya (won)

Cast

• Dana Ivgy
  Dana Ivgy
  Dana Ivgy is an Israeli actress and the daughter of actor, Moshe Ivgy.-Career:As a child, Ivgy appeared in several television and film productions...
  
   as Or
• Ronit Elkabetz
  Ronit Elkabetz
  Ronit Elkabetz is an Israeli actress and filmmaker. She works in both Israeli and French cinema. She has won three Ophir Awards and has received a total of seven nominations.- Biography :...
  
   as Ruthie
• Katia Zinbris as Rachel
• Meshar Cohen as Ido

External links

• LA Times review