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Jellyfish

Jellyfish

Life Stings

20076.91h 22m

Overview

Meduzot (the Hebrew word for Jellyfish) tells the story of three very different Israeli women living in Tel Aviv whose intersecting stories weave an unlikely portrait of modern Israeli life. Batya, a catering waitress, takes in a young child apparently abandoned at a local beach. Batya is one of the servers at the wedding reception of Keren, a young bride who breaks her leg in trying to escape from a locked toilet stall, which ruins her chance at a romantic honeymoon in the Caribbean. One of the guests is Joy, a Philippine chore woman attending the event with her employer, and who doesn't speak any Hebrew (she communicates mainly in English), and who is guilt-ridden after having left her young son behind in the Philippines.

Directed by Shira Geffen
Written by Shira Geffen
Box OfficeBudget: $1.8MRevenue: $939K

Top Cast

Sarah Adler

Sarah Adler

Batya

Shosha Goren

Shosha Goren

Tikva

T

Tsipor Aizen

Tamar

B

Bruria Albeck

Relly

I

Ilanit Ben-Yaakov

Galia

Assi Dayan

Assi Dayan

Eldad

M

Miri Fabian

Nili

J

Jonathan Gurfinkel

Amir

Gera Sandler

Gera Sandler

Michael

N

Nikol Leidman

Das kleine Mädchen

Themes & Keywords

fractured legtel aviv, israelweddingmaidwoman director

About Jellyfish

Jellyfish is a drama, romance film released in 2007 exploring themes of fractured leg, tel aviv, israel, wedding, maid, woman director. Directed by Shira Geffen, it stars Sarah Adler, Shosha Goren, Tsipor Aizen. Meduzot (the Hebrew word for Jellyfish) tells the story of three very different Israeli women living in Tel Aviv whose intersecting stories weave an unlikely portrait of modern Israeli life. Batya, a catering waitress, takes in a young child apparently abandoned at a local beach. Batya is one of the servers at the wedding reception of Keren, a young bride who breaks her leg in trying to escape from a locked toilet stall, which ruins her chance at a romantic honeymoon in the Caribbean. One of the guests is Joy, a Philippine chore woman attending the event with her employer, and who doesn't speak any Hebrew (she communicates mainly in English), and who is guilt-ridden after having left her young son behind in the Philippines.

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