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Matana MiShamayim

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A Gift from Above
The movie's male actors
Directed byDover Kosashvili
Written byDover Kosashvili
(Dubi Rubinstein)
Produced byMarek Rozenbaum
StarringYuval Segal
Rami Heuberger
Moni Moshonov
Lior Ashkenazi
Ronit Yudkevitz
Dover Kosashvili
Menashe Noy
Ania Bukstein
CinematographyLaurent Dailland
Edited byYael Perlov
Music byIoseb Bardanashvili
Distributed byIsrael Film Fund
Transfax
Keshet Broadcasting
Release date
  • December 2003 (2003-12)
Running time
108 minutes
CountryIsrael
LanguagesHebrew
Judaeo-Georgian
Budget12.7 M NIS

A Gift from Above (Hebrew: מתנה משמיים, romanized: Matana MiShamayim, lit. a gift from the sky) is a 2003 Israeli drama film, directed by Dover Kosashvili.[1]

History

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The dialogue on this film is partly in the Judaeo-Georgian language and partly in Hebrew. And since the Judaeo-Georgian language is a dialect, spoken by a small community,[2] most of the cast had to learn it for this production. It was Becky Griffin's debut film. The movie was a nominee to the Ophir Award in 11 categories.[3]

Plot

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The characters on this movie live like a closed tribe. Most of them live on the same block.[4] Among themselves they speak a rare language. They put a lot of pressure on each other to get married only within their community. They are not much concerned about obeying the country's laws. And many of them work in the same place, Ben Gurion Airport luggage department,[5] or help their community members, who do work there, to steal passengers' suitcases.

The community is economically disadvantaged but has a rich folklore and social life characterized by frequent celebrations and episodes of conflict and violence.[6] A major event in the narrative is a plan developed by members of the community steal diamond cargoes from aircraft. The plan also involves framing two volunteers from within the community for the thefts.

Cast

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References

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