Won Awards of the Israeli Film Academy :
Best Actor: Uri Gavriel
Best Art Direction: Ido Dolev
Best Editing: Einat Glaser-Zarhin
Best Film:
Best Screenplay :Eyal Halfon
Won Brooklyn International Film Festival:
Best Screenplay: Eyal Halfon
Won Festróia - Tróia International Film Festival:
Golden Dolphin, Eyal Halfon
Won Karlovy Vary International Film Festival:
Best Actor: Uri Gavriel
Special Prize of the Jury: Eyal Halfon
In the dead of night somewhere along the Israeli border near the Dead Sea, ex-cop Franco rounds up a group of female illegal immigrants to be sold as hookers and domestics by his unscrupulous current employer, local gangster Boss. Among those corralled is Jana, a Ukrainian maid ultimately saved from the brothel by the birthmark on her face and a defiant attitude that rubs Boss the wrong way but has a certain allure to Franco, whose relationship with wife Ahuva, is painted as loving but tense. Jana's lost purse falls into the hands of pudgy farmer Zeltzer, who is fascinated by a photo inside the purse of Jana. Zeltzer has his own tense domestic situation salved only by a good relationship with one of his Thai workers, Vissit. Inevitably, the paths of these human chess pieces cross and cross again, illustrating the pitfalls of a changing world and the deceptive surface beauty of that wonderful place.
Director: Eyal Halfon
Writer: Eyal Halfon
Cast:
Uri Gavriel ... Franco
Evelyn Kaplun ... Jana
Avi Oriah ... Zeltzer
Yossi Graber ... Mr. Aloni
Yoav Hait ... Yoav Aloni
Raymond Bagatsing ... Eddie Longo
Chedpong Laoyant ... Vissit
Mymy Davao ... Nenny Longo
Marina Choif ... Julia
Evelin Hagoel ... Ahuva
Dvir Benedek ... The Boss