Sallah
Shabati is a 1964 Israeli comedy film about the chaos of Israeli immigration
and resettlement.
This social satire placed the director Ephraim Kishon and
producer Menahem Golan among the first Israeli filmmakers to achieve
international success. It also introduced actor Chaim Topol (Fiddler on the
Roof) to audiences worldwide.
The film
begins with Sallah Shabati, a Mizrahi Jewish immigrant, arriving in Israel with
his family. Upon arrival he is brought to live in a ma'abara, or transit camp.
He is given a broken-down, one-room shack in which to live with his family and
spends the rest of the movie attempting to make enough money to purchase
adequate housing.
His money-making schemes are often comical and frequently
satirize the political and social stereotypes in Israel of the time.
No comments:
Post a Comment