HOLY LANDS (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

James Caan (The Godfather), Tom Hollander (Bohemian Rhapsody), Jonathan Rhys Meyers (Match Point), Rosanna Arquette (Pulp Fiction), Efrat Dor (The Zookeeper’s Wife), Patrick Bruel (Sabrina), Reem Kherici (Colombiana), Loai Nofi (The Other Son), Dina Doron (Million Dollar Madness), Axel Kiener (Sky Fighters), Thierry Harcourt (East Is East), Florence Bloch (Rachamim)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Amanda Sthers (Madame), director, writer; Laurent Bacri (House of Time), Didier Lupfer (Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life) and Alain Pancrazi (Rats and Rabbits), producers; Grégoire Hetzel (Incendies), composer; Régis Blondeau (Modern Love), cinematographer; Nadia Ben Rachid (Tender Is The Wolf), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Harry Rosenmerck (Cann), an Ashkenazi Jewish American cardiologist at a crossroads in his life, decides to leave New York and his family to move to Nazareth and start a pig farm. His decision causes great anger in his new community, and puts himself at odds with the town’s Rabbi Moshe Cattan (Hollander), but soon both men come together to form an unlikely friendship that also inspires Harry to make amends with his estranged family…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Acting veterans James Caan and Tom Hollander star in this adaptation of French author Amanda Sthers’ book, which the author herself directs as well as writes.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 5TH APRIL 2019

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