Joy

Story

Synopsis

Joy Levine lives in an old apartment that, in complete contrast to her, is shabby and worn-out on the outside while well-kept and filled with joy on the inside. Her life changes when she auditions for a TV show called "Gotta Be Happy". To her astonishment, she is chosen, and her mission is to throw a surprise party for her parents on the upcoming show. However, there is a price to pay for all this: she has to let the viewers into her private inner world and share with them an event that has been overshadowing her family's life and hers for the past 22 years; an event that made a tight-knit bunch of friends shun her parents, Chaya and Yitzhak Levine.

Director

Julie Shles

Writers

Omer Tadmor

Language

Hebrew (modern)

Country

Israel

Release date

1 December 2005

Ensemble

Cast

• Sigalit Fuchs

  Simcha (Joy)

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  Tal Friedman

  Gil

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  Keren Mor

  Nora

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  Michal Yannai

  Tamara

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  Rivka Michaeli

  Haya