Over the Ocean

Story

Synopsis

Menachem and Rosa Greenberg, a couple of Holocaust survivors, have had a difficult life. Their friend, Morris Greenspan, made his fortune in Canada through shady deals, and is a despicable character who urges the couple to emigrate from Israel to the good life in Canada. Their son, Chaim "Chaimon" Greenberg, is aware of the growing conflicts in his parents' home in light of their financial difficulties and the interference of their mysterious friend, who is also secretly courting his mother. His sister, Miri, is a naive teenager who falls under the spell of Shultz "the Hontroveltnik". Other participants in the film include Oshik Levi as the taxi driver, their neighbor and friend of their parents, Shai Idelson as Gaby, Chaimon's best friend and the taxi driver's son, and Sini Pater as Uncle Leizer from the kibbutz, who represents the Zionist antithesis to Morris's exile and smoothness. In the end, after a crisis that threatens the narrator's world, the family decides to stay in Israel.

Director

Jacob Goldwasser

Language

Hebrew (modern)

Country

Israel

Release date

2 January 1991

Ensemble

Cast

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  Aryeh Moskona

  Menachem Goldfarb

• Dafna Rechter

  Roza Goldfarb

• Moti Gilad

  Morris Greenspan

• Nicky Goldstein

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  Mili Avital

  Miri Goldfarb

• Yair Lapid

  Shultz

• Yair Lapid

  Shultz

• Uri Alter

  Haim Goldfarb

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  Oshik Levi

  Taxi Driver

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  Yossi Graber

  Rappoport