Moshé Mizrahi
September 5, 1931 · 94 years old
Moshé Mizrahi (Hebrew: משה מזרחי; 5 September 1931 – 3 August 2018) was an Egyptian-born Israeli film director known for his Academy Award-winning film Madame Rosa (1977). He studied filmmaking in France, and his career spanned both French and Israeli cinema, with fourteen feature films to his credi…
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Every Time We Say Goodbye
A Protestant World War II pilot and a Jewish girl fall in love in Jerusalem, even though their diverse backgrounds threaten to pull them apart.
Madame Rosa
Madame Rosa, an ex-prostitute of Jewish origin, lives in a dilapidated old building in Belleville. Tired and worn out by life, she looks after young children, placed in her care by the social welfare people.
The House on Chelouche Street
A fatherless family immigrates to Israel from Egypt during the British Mandate period. The film traces the hardships the family suffers in the politically unstable country.
Sophie's Ways
Searching for release, Céline turns to painting and writes essays on the inequity between genders as she asserts her independence and gradually frees herself from her husband's claustrophobic world.