Aliyah

Elie Wajeman

A stylish and brooding crime drama about a young man caught between family ties and dreams of a better life on the gritty streets of Northeast Paris.

DIRECTOR
Elie Wajeman
YEAR
2012
COUNTRY
France
RUNTIME
90 minutes
LANGUAGE
French with English subtitles
START DATE
January 15, 2013

Alex desperately wants to move to Israel, scraping together money dealing drugs to get himself there and invest in his cousin’s restaurant, while keeping his brother out of trouble and kibitzing with his large extended family on the gritty streets of Northeast Paris. Auteur-in-the-making Elie Wajeman’s stylish and brooding drama deftly draws out this story of a young man caught between family ties and his dream of a better life.

Aliyah
Aliyah
Aliyah
Aliyah
Aliyah

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