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Jaffa is a french film of genre Drama released in USA on 11 october 2009 with Dana Ivgy
Jaffa (2009)
Kalat Hayam
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Add to a movie listJaffa (alternative name in Hebrew כלת הים transliteration Kalat Hayam, in Arabic عروس البحر transliteration "Arous el Bahr" both Hebrew and Arabic meaning "the bride of the sea") is a 2009 Israeli film directed by Keren Yedaya. A joint Israeli, French and German production, it was given a special screening at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.
^ "Festival de Cannes: Jaffa". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-05-18.
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Jaffa is a mixed Arabic - Jewish seaside city near Tel Aviv, where Reuven Wolf (Moni Moshonov) has a garage for repairing cars. His wife Ossi (Ronit Elkabetz) a vain self-centered woman just makes everybody's life difficult.Actors
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