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SHOWTIMES<br />
Sunday, Nov 15, 1pm, Sunrise Civic Ctr<br />
Wednesday, Nov 18, 5:30pm, CP- Hollywood<br />
WORLD<br />
CINEMA<br />
FEATURE<br />
THE WONDERS<br />
FLORIDA PREMIERE<br />
Director Avi Nesher<br />
F<br />
Israel / 2012 / 112 min / DCP /<br />
Hebrew w/English sub-titles<br />
Inspired by a true story, The Wonders combines<br />
genres, moods and influences – everything from<br />
film noir to Alice in Wonderland – to create a unique<br />
and compelling movie that mixes mystery, comedy,<br />
psychological thriller, political intrigue and romance.<br />
Arnav, a graffiti artist and bartender, lives near the Old<br />
City of Jerusalem. Wearing a mask, he paints walls<br />
at night and hopes that Vax, his former girlfriend who<br />
recently “found religion,” will come back to him. But<br />
when Arnav sees a mysterious stranger forced into<br />
an abandoned apartment across the way by three<br />
bearded men, he becomes involved with a hardboiled<br />
investigator, a gorgeous mystery woman, and<br />
the conflicted, mysterious captive himself.<br />
★★★★ "One of the greatest israeli movies ever.<br />
Highly Recommended" Walla /<br />
★★★★ "The best israeli movie of the year. A movie<br />
that will delight all those who love cinema"<br />
Cinemascope<br />
★★★★★ (Excellent)"A brilliant, elegant, very original<br />
mystery" Jerusalem Post<br />
★★★★★ (Excellent) "full of mystery, humor and indeed,<br />
wonder. A cinematic gem" Maariv<br />
★★★★★ (Excellent) "Very smart, full of surprising<br />
twists and turns. Not to be missed!!!" Channel 1<br />
★★★★ "funny, light hearted and very sophisticated"<br />
Yediot Aharonot<br />
★★★★ "A Great Ride – witty and highly entertaining"<br />
Ynet<br />
★★★★ "A great movie – clever, moving, thrilling"<br />
Channel 10<br />
★★★★ "An extraordinary mind bender.<br />
Highly recommended" Pnai Plus<br />
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THE DIRECTOR: One of Israel’s most influential directors, Nesher was born in Israel but spent much of his adolescence in New York, where he studied<br />
at Ramaz Yeshiva and Columbia University.<br />
Nesher’s first movie, The Troupe (1979), was an irreverent look at an army entertainment troupe. Nesher wrote and directed Dizengoff 99, the story<br />
of a group of young people in Tel Aviv. Nesher shifted gears and made Rage and Glory, a controversial film about a Jewish underground organization<br />
during the 1940s. The movie set off a heated debate in Israel, and in 2001 was selected by the Lincoln Center Film Society as one of the most important<br />
Israeli films of all time.<br />
De Laurentiis convinced Nesher to come to Hollywood. Nesher started as a writer for such Ron Howard and James<br />
Cameron. In 1990, he wrote and directed the sci-fi mystery, Timebomb, and the supernatural mystery, Doppelganger,<br />
starring Drew Barrymore. Nesher’s next theatrical offering, Taxman. The New York Times called it, “A delight . . . a<br />
charmer of a mystery.”<br />
In 2001, Nesher returned to Israel to write and direct Turn Left at the End of the World. Later in 2004, Nesher’s experimental<br />
political documentary, Oriental, won the “In the Spirit of Freedom” Award at the Jerusalem Film Festival. Nesher’s<br />
next film, The Secrets (2007), about young ultra-Orthodox women who meet a mysterious Frenchwoman, played by Fanny<br />
Ardant, was hailed by The Hollywood Reporter as, “Witty and wise, sensual and emotionally over-powering – one of the<br />
best Israeli movies in recent years.” New York Observer critic Andrew Sarris called it, “One of the best movies of the year.”
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