Jaffa (2009)

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Jaffa on IMDb 6.9/10 670 votes

Released:
2009-06-10

Overview:
In the city of Jaffa; a young girl plans to run away with her secret lover, when a tragedy forever changes the course of their lives. Jaffa is a mixed Arabic - Jewish seaside city near Tel Aviv, where Reuven Wolf (Moni Moshonov) has a garage for repairing cars. His wife Ossi (Ronit Elkabetz), a vain, self-centered woman, just makes everybody's life difficult. The couple's daughter, Mali Wolf (Dana Ivgy), has secretly fallen in love with her childhood friend, the young Toufik (newcomer Mahmud Shalaby), a hard-working youth who has come as a helping hand to his Israeli-Arab father Hassan, a long-time mechanic working for Reuven.

Director:
Keren Yedaya

Runtime:
1h 46min

Genre:
Drama

  • Cast:
  • Dana Ivgy
    as
    Mali Wolf
  • Moni Moshonov
    as
    Reuven Wolf
  • Ronit Elkabetz
    as
    Osnat 'Ossi' Wolf
  • Hussein Yassin Mahajne
    as
    Hassan
  • Roy Assaf
    as
    Meir Wolf