At thirty-seven, Miri is a twice-widowed, El Al flight attendant. Her well-regulated existence is suddenly turned upside down by an abandoned Chinese boy whose migrant-worker mother has been summarily deported from Israel. The film is a touching comic-drama in which two human beings -- as different from each other as Tel Aviv is from Beijing -- accompany each other on a remarkable journey, one that takes them both back to a meaningful life.
Acting
Mili Avital's face does what pages of dialogue can't.
Direction
Ayelet Menahemi balances sorrow and absurdity with surgical precision.
Writing
Dialogue sparse, silence loaded — every glance earns its keep.
Director
Ayelet Menahemi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
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