Saint Clara is a 1996 Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

i film directed by Ari Folman

Ari Folman

Ari Folman is an Israeli film director, screenwriter and film score composer.-Biography:Ari Folman was born in Haifa to Holocaust survivors. His wife is also a film director...

 and Ori Sivan

Ori Sivan

Ori Sivan is an Israeli film director, television director, screenwriter, and film editor.Ori is married to Galit Sivan and they have five children. They live in Kibbutz Beit Nir in Israel.-Biography:...

. It is based on the novel The Ideas of Saint Clara by Pavel Kohout

Pavel Kohout

Pavel Kohout is a Czech and Austrian novelist, playwright, and poet. He was a member of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, a Prague Spring exponent and dissident in 1970s until he was expelled to Austria...

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Plot

The film takes place in 1999 in a small Israeli town, in which a young girl called Clara (Lucy Dubinchik) discovers that she has paranormal powers that allow her to predict the future.

That discovery causes mayhem in the town as its people try to take advantage of Clara's powers and people escape the town as her powers have discovered a leak in the nearby nuclear plant. Clara herself has to choose between her powers and her one true love.

Cast

Actor	Role	Description
Lucy Dubinchik	Clara Chanov	A strange girl who recently immigrated from Russia Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...  to Israel.
Halil Elohev	Eddie Tikel	Clara's main romantic interest, who plots rebellious activities with Rosy.
Yigal Naor Yigal Naor Yigal Naor is an Israeli actor.Naor was born in Giv'atayim of Iraqi Jewish descent. He has appeared in the American movies Munich, Green Zone and Rendition...	Headmaster Tissona	An eccentric headmaster, who is fascinated by Clara.
Johnny Peterson	Rosy	Eddie's best friend, who is also in love with Clara.
Maya Maron Maya Maron Maya Maron is an Israeli Film Academy Award winner actress.-Early life:Maron is the youngest of four siblings. her mother, an office manager, was born in Siberia, where her family fled from Poland before World War II. Her father was born in Eastern Europe and is a diamond dealer. She grew up on...	Libby	A tomboyish girl, friend of Eddie and Rosy.

Awards

The film won 6 Ophir Awards, for best film, directing, best actress, best supporting actor, best editing and best music.

It also won the best film award at the Haifa International Film Festival

Haifa International Film Festival

The Haifa International Film Festival is an annual film festival that takes place every fall, during the week-long holiday of Sukkot, in Haifa, Israel. The festival was inaugurated in 1983, and was the first of its kind in Israel...

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