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Poster of Hole in the Moon

Hole in the Moon

1964-1h 15min
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5.7 / 10 9

A comic and episodic satire, the film uses improvisation to illustrate the clash between fantasy and reality in real life. Although conceived in the style of Mekas’ “Hallelujah the hills” (1962), it’s an authentically Israeli satire, an openly rebellious and individualistic expression that poked fun at the sacred myths of earlier zionist films. The technique of film within the film is used to portray cinema as reflection of the imagination, a miracle based on dreams and fantasies that take on concrete characteristics – parallel to the miracle of Israel, the dream that has become reality. Although not a commercial success, its importance is beyond any measure, though it remains a unique experiment, boldly uncommercial and subversive, out of any context in that patriotic, ideological epoch.

Directed by Uri Zohar

Writers Amos Kenan Amnon Salomon

Stars Shmulik Kraus Israel Gurion Arik Lavie

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Shmulik Kraus's picture in the cast

Shmulik Kraus

Israel Gurion's picture in the cast

Israel Gurion

Arik Lavie's picture in the cast

Arik Lavie

Shaike Ophir's picture in the cast

Shaike Ophir

Shoshik Shani's picture in the cast

Shoshik Shani

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