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The Holy Land

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Israel · 2001
Rated R · 1h 42m
Director Eitan Gorlin
Starring Oren Rehany, Tchelet Semel, Saul Stein, Albert Iluz
Genre Drama

A coming-of-age saga set against the tense backdrop of Arab-Israeli politics. Mendy is a young Rabbinical student whose mind is too full of curiosity about the world that exists outside the restrictions of Orthodox Judaism. Recognizing his distraction, Mendy's teacher suggests that he visit a prostitute to get it out of his system. But on a fateful night, when he meets Sacha, a captivating Russian expatriate, who works in a Tel Aviv bordello, his appetite for outside experience only grows stronger.

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70

Variety by

Offers an occasionally fascinating look at the complex social, religious and political dynamics that help define the sacred city of Jerusalem.

70

Dallas Observer by Bill Gallo

A former yeshiva student himself, Gorlin turns this tale of political intrigue and the search for divinity into an act of liberation -- if not outright defiance.

50

The New York Times by Stephen Holden

A barbed reflection on the great divide between secular and ultra-Orthodox Judaism in Israeli culture. But its digressive screenplay lacks focus and momentum and is too oblique to connect many of the dots between its characters and their behavior.

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