JAFFA directed by Keren Yedaya
The age-old story of clandestine, illicit wrong-side-of-the-tracks love is brought to modern day Israel when the Jewish daughter of a garage mechanic falls in love with her father’s Arab employee.
Set in Jaffa, an ages old city which sits cheek to jowl with ultra-modern, ultra-urbane Tel Aviv, this is one place where Jews and Arabs share the same streets and live together, as they have done for centuries, in an uneasy peace.
The two young lovers, Mali (Dana Ivgy) and Toufik, played by the drop-dead gorgeous Mahmood Shalaby, have been in love with one another since childhood and when Mali becomes pregnant, they secretly plan their wedding.
The tenderness of their love, the shocking separation that seems inevitable and the poignancy of the real-life, on-going situation in Israel, makes one wonder why, in the 21st century, people still are not allowed to fall in love with ‘just anyone’. This film is both thought-provoking and heartbreaking.
Jaffa is available to buy on DVD at http://www.amazon.com/Jaffa-Dana-Ivgy/dp/B003DVLPQG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1277109039&sr=1-1
Watch the trailer here: Jaffa
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