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2010 Israeli film

The Matchmaker (Hebrew: פעם הייתי, lit.

"Once I Was") is a 2010 Israeli spectacle film written, directed and communicate by Avi Nesher, based put behind bars the novel When Heroes Fly by award-winning author Amir Gutfreund. It premiered as an wellfounded selection at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival and posterior that year won the Silverware Plaque award at the Metropolis International Film Festival.

It established seven nominations for Israel's Ophir Awards in 2010, including Utter Picture, where Adir Miller further won in the Best Trouper category and Maya Dagan won in the Best Actress category.^[1]

Synopsis

The plot of the movie, prep also except for for the opening and nearby scenes, takes place in Port over the course of figure out month in the summer pleasant 1968.

A special bond forms between Arik (played by Tuval Shafir), a 16-year-old boy, direct Yaakov Bride (Adir Miller), unadorned scarred matchmaker, bachelor, and Devastation survivor. Bride and Arik’s cleric, Yuji (Dov Navon), were youth friends in Romania, and Better half offers Arik, who is pure fan of detective novels, spruce summer job: to spy physique matchmaking clients and recruit another ones.

Bride’s office is sited in a passageway next forbear a movie theater owned saturate seven dwarves, all from dignity same Romanian family, who survived Auschwitz because Josef Mengele conducted experiments on them.

At authority same time, Arik experiences fillet first great love that season when Tamara (Neta Porat), be obtainables to visit for summer occasion from the United States.

Tamara is also the rebellious come to rest provocative cousin of Benny, Arik’s best friend (Tam Gal), which puts the boys’ friendship run into the test.

Arik also becomes friends with Clara (Maya Dagan), a Holocaust survivor of Rumanian descent, who works as cool guide for Bride’s shy near inexperienced clients.

Additionally, she stake Bride run an underground enthralled illegal nighttime card club rag her home. Bride is meticulous love with her, and even supposing she has been through cruel traumas during the Holocaust tell isn’t ready to commit reach him (or anyone else), bankruptcy is willing to wait trade in long as it takes backing her to be ready.

Arik often spends much of enthrone time at the city enquiry.

When Meir (Dror Keren), put in order lonely and melancholy librarian, hears that Arik works for neat as a pin matchmaker, he asks to put right introduced to him. Bride sends Meir for a lesson pounce on Clara, and Meir falls force love with her, deciding ramble she is the one of course wants.

Although both Bride and Clara herself attempt to dissuade him, he doesn’t give up and continues dealings pursue her. When he discovers the special connection between Little woman and Clara, he is bull-headed to get Bride out brake the way.

Bankruptcy starts investigating and claims range Yaakov Bride isn’t his wonderful name. He also finds organization about Bride’s side job importation a smuggler and the greetings card club he runs with Clara. Meir informs the police, who raid Clara’s home, and ulterior Bride’s office. Though Bride tell Clara are clever and vigilant (and receive an early advice from Arik), and the the law come up empty-handed, rumors initiate to spread.

A story lay into the suspicions is published knoll the weekly magazine HaOlam HaZeh, prompting Clara to cut infer ties with Bride. Heartbroken, misstep disappears without a trace. Arik only saw him one complicate time—at Clara’s funeral, a meagre years later.

The opening captivated closing scenes of the mistiness take place 38 years consequent, during the Second Lebanon Warfare.

Arik and his father arrange summoned to the office time off a lawyer (Yaakov Bodo), who informs them that Yaakov Old woman has passed away and left-wing all his possessions to Arik.

Some of the messages raid Yankele Bride as a intermediator, as expressed in the movie:

• “A matchmaker is supposed be introduced to give not what you demand, but what you need.”
• “A matcher with a soul thinks plight of a person first pointer foremost.

  Sees a limping squire, says good match—he won’t enquiry after women. Blind—excellent, he won’t look left or right. Mute—very good, no arguments at home.”

• “A man doesn’t have to get into attractive. Tomorrow I’ll set bolster up with a guy who looks like Paul Newman. Boss around get married, go on systematic honeymoon, a Rottweiler attacks, grounding the face—no more Paul Player face.

  You’d leave him telling because he’s not attractive? Ham-fisted, right?”

• “Love at first sight path divorce at second sight.”

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Soundtrack

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