JAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
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SUNDAY 16TH FEBRUARY<br />
<strong>JAMESON</strong> <strong>DUBLIN</strong> <strong>INTERNATIONAL</strong> <strong>FILM</strong> <strong>FESTIVAL</strong> 2014<br />
THE WONDERS<br />
PLAOT<br />
Lewis Carroll meets Carol Reed in this dizzyingly<br />
funny and fantastical farce from Israeli director Avi<br />
Nesher, about a good-natured slacker who becomes<br />
embroiled in a labyrinthine conspiracy.<br />
Anything can happen in Jerusalem. Just ask Ariel<br />
Navon (Ori Hizkiah), a bartender, art-school dropout<br />
and compulsive cartoonist whose pleasantly<br />
mundane existence is turned upside down late one<br />
night after he spots a strange flash of blue light<br />
emanating from an apparently vacant building.<br />
His investigation yields an encounter with famed<br />
modern-day prophet Rabbi Knafo (Yehuda Levi). Is<br />
Knafo being held against his will? And who would<br />
do such a thing?<br />
‘a brilliant mix of genres’ The Jerusalem Post<br />
Sun 16 Feb / Cineworld 12 / 8.30pm / 112 minutes<br />
Director: Avi Nesher 2013 Israel<br />
Writers: Avi Nesher, Shaanan Street<br />
Cast: Adir Miller, Ori Hizkiah, Yehuda Levi<br />
Veteran director Avi Nesher’s latest is a hoot. There<br />
are red herrings, unlikely alliances, and cartoons that<br />
come to life when no one is looking. The Wonders<br />
shows a kinship with the films of the Coen brothers<br />
and Woody Allen and the novels of Michael Chabon.<br />
Both Hizkiah and Miller are stand-up comics with<br />
impeccable timing, and they fully commit to creating<br />
complex, compelling characters with much at stake.<br />
Jane Schoettle<br />
Toronto International Film Festival<br />
With special guest Avi Nesher<br />
50 BOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM
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