Or

Sep 16 2004 Unrated 1h 37m
Drama, Romance

Or shoulders a lot: she's 17 or 18, a student, works evenings at a restaurant, recycles cans and bottles for cash, and tries to keep her mother Ruthie from returning to streetwalking in Tel Aviv. Ruthie calls Or "my treasure," but Ruthie is a burden. She's just out of hospital, weak, and Or has found her a job as a house cleaner. The call of the quick money on the street is tough for Ruthie to ignore. Or's emotions roil further when the mother of the youth she's in love with comes to the flat to warn her off. With love fading and Ruthie perhaps beyond help, Or's choices narrow.

Plot

Or shoulders a lot: she's 17 or 18, a student, works evenings at a restaurant, recycles cans and bottles for cash, and tries to keep her mother Ruthie from returning to streetwalking in Tel Aviv. Ruthie calls Or "my treasure," but Ruthie is a burden. She's just out of hospital, weak, and Or has found her a job as a house cleaner. The call of the quick money on the street is tough for Ruthie to ignore. Or's emotions roil further when the mother of the youth she's in love with comes to the flat to warn her off. With love fading and Ruthie perhaps beyond help, Or's choices narrow.

Written by

Sari Ezouz-Berger, Keren Yedaya

Directed by

Keren Yedaya

Cast

Dana Ivgy, Ronit Elkabetz, Meshar Cohen

Crew

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Production Countries

Israel, France

Production Companies

Canal+, Transfax Film Productions, Bizibi

Languages

Awards

11 wins & 8 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
1,682
Average Rating
7 out of 10
Metascore
64
Popularity
NA