Monkey House (2023)
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Country:
Israel
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Duration:
120 min
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Genre:
comedy, drama
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Director:
Avi Nesher
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Producer:
Moshe Edery, Elad Gavish
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Cast:
Adir Miller, Suzanna Papian, Shani Cohen, Ala Dakka, Yaniv Biton
About film
Amitai Kriav, a former famous novelist, wants to revive his career and impress his girlfriend, an old unrequited love. He finds out that a student who is writing a dissertation on literature about him and plans to publish a book will not come to him for a series of interviews, as previously planned. The writer decides to take matters into his own hands and conducts a casting for a young actress to play the role of a graduate student in the dissertation. After the casting, Margot, a young woman with no prior knowledge of literature but strong acting ambitions, is chosen to impersonate the graduate student. From that point on, the lives of all the characters involved will be changed forever.
Rewards and nominations
- Awards of the Israeli Film Academy 2023 (Israel): nominees — Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design, Best Makeup, Best Casting, Best Sound
Director
Avi Nesher is a director, screenwriter and producer. In 1978, he directed his first film, «The Troupe», which became a classic of Israeli cinema. After that, Nesher worked in Hollywood and shot genre films there, and in the early 2000s, the director returned to Israel and shot films that played a key role in the revival of the Israeli film industry: «Turn left at the edge of the world» «Secrets», «Matchmaker», «Past life» and «Another story». Nesher has received a number of major Israeli awards for outstanding achievements.
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Director
Avi Nesher is a director, screenwriter and producer. In 1978, he directed his first film, «The Troupe», which became a classic of Israeli cinema. After that, Nesher worked in Hollywood and shot genre films there, and in the early 2000s, the director returned to Israel and shot films that played a key role in the revival of the Israeli film industry: «Turn left at the edge of the world» «Secrets», «Matchmaker», «Past life» and «Another story». Nesher has received a number of major Israeli awards for outstanding achievements.