Introduction
In a suburb of Tel Aviv, an Israeli cab driver who longs to fly and a Russian music teacher who is soon to board a plane find out that romance is only a cab ride away.
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Film Panorama of Asia-Middle East
Nominated for Best Asian-Middle Eastern Film Award
Five Hours from Paris
[ Hamesh Shaot me'Pariz ]
Director:Leon Prudovsky
10/27 10:50- 10/29 20:30-
90min Hebrew, Russian Color 35mm | 2009 Israel |
Introduction
In a suburb of Tel Aviv, an Israeli cab driver who longs to fly and a Russian music teacher who is soon to board a plane find out that romance is only a cab ride away.
Synopsis
Only five flight hours from Paris, in a working-class suburb of Tel Aviv, two people meet. He is a bred-and-born Israeli and she is a Russian immigrant. He is a taxi driver and she is a music teacher. He has no aspirations. She gave up hers long ago. He is afraid of flying and she is about to fly away. What are the odds of them ending up together?
TOHO CINEMAS ROPPONGI HILLS SCREEN5
10/27 10:50 - 12:20 (90min.)
Advance Tickets ¥1300(Tax included) Tickets at the Door ¥1500(Tax included)
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TOHO CINEMAS ROPPONGI HILLS SCREEN3
10/29 20:30 - 22:00 (90min.)
Advance Tickets ¥1300(Tax included) Tickets at the Door ¥1500(Tax included)
SOLD OUT
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Leon Prudovsky was born in 1978 in St. Petersburg, Russia and immigrated to Israel at the age of 13. He graduated from the Film and TV Department of Tel Aviv University in 2004 where he wrote and directed three short films and worked as a director at Israeli Channel 2. His short film, Dark Night, was nominated for an American Academy Award for Best Student Film in 2005 and won numerous awards.
Dror Keren Elena Yaralova Vladimir Freedman