Or (My Treasure)

Story

Synopsis

Or shoulders a lot: she's 17 or 18, a student, works evenings at a restaurant, recycles cans and bottles for cash, and tries to keep her mother Ruthie from returning to streetwalking in Tel Aviv. Ruthie calls Or "my treasure," but Ruthie is a burden. She's just out of hospital, weak, and Or has found her a job as a house cleaner. The call of the quick money on the street is tough for Ruthie to ignore. Or's emotions roil further when the mother of the youth she's in love with comes to the flat to warn her off. With love fading and Ruthie perhaps beyond help, Or's choices narrow.

Director

Keren Yedaya

Writers

Sari Ezouz, Keren Yedaya

Language

Hebrew (modern)

Country

France, Israel

Release date

29 June 2004

Box office

$214,585

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Ronit Elkabetz

  Ruthie

• 

  Dana Ivgy

  Or

• Meshar Cohen

  Ido

• Katia Zinbris

  Rachel

• 

  Shmuel Edelman

  Shmuel

• Lital Doron

  High School Student

• Shaul Ezer

  Haim

• Tzhai Hanan

  Avi

• 

  Yuval Segal

  Party Host

• 

  Shelly Skandrani

  Prostitute

• Sigalit Tamir

  School Careers Adviser

• 

  Sarit Vino-Elad

  Iris