Jellyfish

Winner of the Camera d’Or at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival

Poignant, often witty and exceedingly cinematic, JELLYFISH (MEDUZOT), tells the story of three very different Tel Aviv women whose intersecting stories weave an unlikely portrait of modern Israeli life. Batya, a catering waitress, takes in a child apparently abandoned at a local beach. Batya is one of the servers at the wedding reception of Keren, a bride who breaks her leg escaping a locked toilet stall, ruining her chance at a dream Caribbean honeymoon. And attending the event with an employer is Joy, a non Hebrew-speaking domestic worker who has guiltily left her son behind in her native Philippines.

As this distaff trio separately wends their way through Israel’s most cosmopolitan city, they struggle with issues of communication, affection and destiny—but at times find uneasy refuge in its tranquil seas.

“[A] tightly constructed, cleverly stylized, serio-comic ensemble piece.” (Alissa Simon, Variety)

“Working with a remarkable sureness of touch, the film’s directors understand that what’s imaginary and what’s real can be made to look exactly the same on film, and that what makes logical sense is less important than deeper emotional truth. Yes, JELLYFISH says, it’s a wonderful life, not in that old fashioned style we’ve perhaps tired of but in a surprising new and magical way all its own.” (Kenneth Turan, LA Times)