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Apples from the Desert (Tapuchim min Hamidbar)
Sunday, March 29, 7:15pm
Directed by Arik Lubetzky & Matti Harari
Israel | 2014 | 96 minutes | Hebrew with subtitles | Drama
Based on the play of the same name by Savyon Liebrecht, translated by Shir Freibach
Rebecca, the only child of Ultra Orthodox Jewish parents from Jerusalem, begins to secretly explore the secular world. She befriends a young man from a kibbutz. When Rebecca's strict father discovers her plan to abandon their community, he arranges to marry her off to a widower with children. Her reserved mother is caught between her sense of duty to her husband and her desire to see her daughter happy. This timeless story confronts issues of tradition versus modernity, and the question of whether these two generations can reach reconciliation.
The 15th annual Northern Virginia Jewish Film Festival, powered by the JCCNV, will screen more than a dozen contemporary Jewish-themed and/or Israeli-made feature films that explore identity and place in the world. Festival home from March 19-29 is Angelika Film Center and Café at Mosaic. Opening night on March 19 features the new documentary Above and Beyond; other films to be screened are 24 Days, Apples from the Desert, Arlo & Julie, Beneath the Helmet-From High School to the Home Front, Disobedience-The Sousa Mendes Story, God's Slave, The Green Prince, Kidon, Life as a Rumor, Magic Men, The Outrageous Sophie Tucker, The Prince of Egypt, and Touchdown Israel-Tackle Football in the Holyland. Plus a live storytelling event by SpeakeasyDC. The schedule, descriptions and programs are posted at www.jccnvarts.org.
Single tickets are $12; senior (60+), active military and under 30 are $10; an all-access pass (excluding the opening event) is $64-$70; the closing night event is $14-$18. Online sales through Brown Paper Tickets; tickets will also be on sale at the door starting one hour prior to each screening.
This is the only screening of this film.
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LocationAngelika Film Center & Cafe at Mosaic
2911 District Avenue
Fairfax, VA 22031
United States
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| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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