What a Wonderful Place
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What a Wonderful Place is a 2005
Israeli
drama film
directed by Eyal Halfon. It includes three seemingly unrelated storylines which intersect at the end, set in southern Tel Aviv
, the Arabah
and an unidentified Israeli urban
suburb
. The film deals with issues of trafficking of women and the lives of foreign workers in Israel.
2005 in film
- Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2005...
Israeli
Cinema of Israel
Cinema of Israel refers to movie production in Israel since its founding in 1948. Most Israeli films are produced in Hebrew. Israel has been nominated for more Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film than any other country in the Middle East....
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...
directed by Eyal Halfon. It includes three seemingly unrelated storylines which intersect at the end, set in southern Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv , officially Tel Aviv-Yafo , is the second most populous city in Israel, with a population of 404,400 on a land area of . The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in west-central Israel. It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, with...
, the Arabah
Arabah
The Arabah , also known as Aravah, is a section of the Great Rift Valley running in a north-south orientation between the southern end of the Sea of Galilee down to the Dead Sea and continuing further south where it ends at the Gulf of Aqaba. It includes most of the border between Israel to the...
and an unidentified Israeli urban
Urban area
An urban area is characterized by higher population density and vast human features in comparison to areas surrounding it. Urban areas may be cities, towns or conurbations, but the term is not commonly extended to rural settlements such as villages and hamlets.Urban areas are created and further...
suburb
Suburb
The word suburb mostly refers to a residential area, either existing as part of a city or as a separate residential community within commuting distance of a city . Some suburbs have a degree of administrative autonomy, and most have lower population density than inner city neighborhoods...
. The film deals with issues of trafficking of women and the lives of foreign workers in Israel.
Awards and nominations
- Ophir Awards:
- Best Film (
- Best Actor (Uri GavrielUri GavrielUri Gavriel is an Israeli actor. He works in Israeli cinema. He has won Award of the Israeli Film Academy and Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2005 as Best Actor in film "What a Wonderful Place".-Film and television credits:-External links:...
, won) - Best Screenplay (Eyal Halfon, won)
- Best Art Direction (Ido Dolev, won)
- Best Editing (Einat Glaser-Zarhin, won)
- Best Director (Eyal Halfon, nominated)
- Best Actress (Evelyn Kaplun, nominated)
- Best Supporting Actor (Avi Uria, nominated)
- Best Supporting Actress (Marina Shoif, nominated)
- Best Cinematography (Nily Aslan, nominated)
- Best Costume Design (Keren Ron, nominated)
- Best Music (Avi BelleliAvi BelleliAvi Belleli is an Israeli singer and musician.-Biography:Avi Belleli was born on October 27, 1963, in Givatayim, Israel. He has been the lead vocalist and bass player of the Tel Aviv-based rock band Nikmat Hatraktor since its formation in 1988. He also produced soundtracks for theatre, film and...
, nominated) - Best Sound (Israel David, David Lis and Aviv Aldema, nominated)
- Karlovy Vary International Film FestivalKarlovy Vary International Film FestivalThe Karlovy Vary International Film Festival is a film festival held annually in July in Karlovy Vary , Czech Republic. The Karlovy Vary Festival gained worldwide recognition over the past years and has become one of Europe's major film events....
:- Crystal Globe (nominated)
- Special Prize of the Jury (won)
- Best Actor (Uri Gavriel, won)
- Festroia International Film FestivalFestroia International Film FestivalThe Festróia Festival Internacional de Cinema de Tróia is an annual film festival that takes place in Setúbal, Portugal since 1985.The festival's competitive section is open to films from countries producing less than 30 features per year...
:- Golden Dolphin (
- Brooklyn International Film FestivalBrooklyn International Film FestivalThe Brooklyn Film Festival ', prior to 2011 called the Brooklyn International Film Festival ' is an independent film festival held every June in Brooklyn, New York...
:- Best Screenplay (Eyal Halfon, won)
External links
- Eyal Halfon, "We have decided to grant you the award, in spite of it all",Eretz Acheret Magazine