The Matchmaker (2012)
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Synopsis
Arik, a teenage boy growing up in Haifa in 1968, gets a job working for Yankele Bride, a matchmaker. Yankele, a mysterious Holocaust survivor, has an office in back of a movie theater that shows only love stories, run by a family of seven Romanian dwarves in the seedy area by the port. Yankele introduces Arik to a new world, built on the ruins of an old one. As Arik begins to learn the mysteries of the human heart through his work with Yankele, he falls in love with Tamara, his friend Beni's cousin. Tamara has just returned from America and is full of talk of women's rights, free love and rock and roll. The disparate parts of Arik's life collide in unexpected, often funny and very moving ways as he lives through a summer that changes him forever. Avi Nesher's latest film mixes comedy with drama as it tells a coming-of-age story unlike any you've ever seen before.
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Movie Details
| Domestic Releases: | August 17th, 2012 (Limited) by Menemsha Entertainment |
| Running Time: | 112 minutes |
| Plot point: | Coming of Age, Dwarfism, First Love, Jewish, Matchmaker |
| Social setting: | Holocaust |
| Source: | Based on Fiction Book/Short Story |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Historical Fiction |
| Production/Financing Companies: | Metro Communications, United Channels Movies, UCM & Artomas Communications, Keshet, Hot, Praxis, Yehoshua Rabinovich Tel-Aviv Foundation for the Arts, Cinema Projects |
| Production Countries: | Israel |
| Languages: | Hebrew |
Leading
| Adir Miller | Yankele Bride |
Supporting
| Maya Dagan | Clara | |
| Dov Novon | Yossi Burstein | |
| Dror Keren | Meir | |
| Tuval Shafir | Arik Berstein | |
| Bat-El Papura | Sylvia | |
| Eli Jaspan | Uncle Nadgi | |
| Yael Leventhal | Tikva Abadi | |
| Yarden Bar-Kochva | Nili Burstein | |
| Neta Porat | Tamara | |
| Kobi Farag | Moshe Abadi | |
| Tom Gal | Benny Abadi | |
| Eyal Shechter | Arik as an Adult |
Production and Technical Credits
| Moshe Edery | Producer | |
| Leon Edery | Producer | |
| Avraham Pirchi | Producer | |
| David Silber | Producer | |
| Chilik Michaeli | Producer | |
| Avi Nesher | Producer | |
| Tami Leon | Producer | |
| Natan Caspi | Producer | |
| Michele Abramowicz | Director of Photography | |
| Isaac Sehayek | Editor | |
| Miguel Markin | Art Designer | |
| Rona Doron | Costume Designer | |
| Eti Ben-Nun | Make-up and Hair Designer | |
| Liat Sheinin | Special Make-up Effects | |
| David Liss | Sound Mixer | |
| Yisrael David | Sound Designer | |
| Avi Nesher | Director | |
| Avi Nesher | Screenwriter | |
| Philippe Sarde | Composer |
Cast and crew with above-the-line roles are marked in bold. The line marks the division between above-the-line and below-the-line roles.
Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue are available through our research services. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com.
Synopsis
Arik, a teenage boy growing up in Haifa in 1968, gets a job working for Yankele Bride, a matchmaker. Yankele, a mysterious Holocaust survivor, has an office in back of a movie theater that shows only love stories, run by a family of seven Romanian dwarves in the seedy area by the port. Yankele introduces Arik to a new world, built on the ruins of an old one. As Arik begins to learn the mysteries of the human heart through his work with Yankele, he falls in love with Tamara, his friend Beni's cousin. Tamara has just returned from America and is full of talk of women's rights, free love and rock and roll. The disparate parts of Arik's life collide in unexpected, often funny and very moving ways as he lives through a summer that changes him forever. Avi Nesher's latest film mixes comedy with drama as it tells a coming-of-age story unlike any you've ever seen before.
Metrics
Movie Details
| Domestic Releases: | August 17th, 2012 (Limited) by Menemsha Entertainment |
| Running Time: | 112 minutes |
| Plot point: | Coming of Age, Dwarfism, First Love, Jewish, Matchmaker |
| Social setting: | Holocaust |
| Source: | Based on Fiction Book/Short Story |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Historical Fiction |
| Production/Financing Companies: | Metro Communications, United Channels Movies, UCM & Artomas Communications, Keshet, Hot, Praxis, Yehoshua Rabinovich Tel-Aviv Foundation for the Arts, Cinema Projects |
| Production Countries: | Israel |
| Languages: | Hebrew |
Leading
| Adir Miller | Yankele Bride |
Supporting
| Maya Dagan | Clara | |
| Dov Novon | Yossi Burstein | |
| Dror Keren | Meir | |
| Tuval Shafir | Arik Berstein | |
| Bat-El Papura | Sylvia | |
| Eli Jaspan | Uncle Nadgi | |
| Yael Leventhal | Tikva Abadi | |
| Yarden Bar-Kochva | Nili Burstein | |
| Neta Porat | Tamara | |
| Kobi Farag | Moshe Abadi | |
| Tom Gal | Benny Abadi | |
| Eyal Shechter | Arik as an Adult |
Production and Technical Credits
| Moshe Edery | Producer | |
| Leon Edery | Producer | |
| Avraham Pirchi | Producer | |
| David Silber | Producer | |
| Chilik Michaeli | Producer | |
| Avi Nesher | Producer | |
| Tami Leon | Producer | |
| Natan Caspi | Producer | |
| Michele Abramowicz | Director of Photography | |
| Isaac Sehayek | Editor | |
| Miguel Markin | Art Designer | |
| Rona Doron | Costume Designer | |
| Eti Ben-Nun | Make-up and Hair Designer | |
| Liat Sheinin | Special Make-up Effects | |
| David Liss | Sound Mixer | |
| Yisrael David | Sound Designer | |
| Avi Nesher | Director | |
| Avi Nesher | Screenwriter | |
| Philippe Sarde | Composer |
Cast and crew with above-the-line roles are marked in bold. The line marks the division between above-the-line and below-the-line roles.
Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue are available through our research services. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com.