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Dudu Tassa
Born October 2, 1977 · Tel Aviv, Israel (age 49)
Dudu Tassa is an acclaimed Israeli rock musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer who has spent decades shaping the country's modern music scene. Born in Tel Aviv to a family of Iraqi-Jewish descent, Tassa began his professional career in the early 1990s, blending contemporary rock and pop-rock aesthetics with deep Middle Eastern musical sensibilities. Beyond his successful solo career—whi…
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Red Fields · 2019Red Fields
★ 5.82019
MovieMusic
Based on the 80s Israeli rock opera “Mami” that generated a cult following. This is the story of Mami, a young woman who was born and raised in a small impoverished town down south. She works at the snack bar at the local gas station and is in love with Nissim, her neighbor. Nissim falls into a coma, but Mami doesn’t give up. Eventually her brain gets rewired by eccentric inventor and she becomes a media superstar. Mami establishes a satirical circus and new political party.
Kululush · 2006Kululush
★ 6.02006
MovieDrama
he film tells the story of two brothers from a poor neighbourhood in Tel Aviv where almost all the residents are of Iraqi descent. Avi lives with his domineering and manipulative grandmother. The return of Roni, Avi's elder brother from Europe, awakens old demons as Roni, a compulsive gambler, stakes all on the football games of Avi's beloved team, Bnei Yehuda. Avi has to choose whether to remain pure and risk losing everything, or sully his hands in order to save his world. A charming and at times hilarious look at the Mizrahi subculture of soccer-worship.
Don't Be So Modest You Aren't That Great · 2018Don't Be So Modest You Aren't That Great
2018
Movie
Alef Techasel Otam · 2011Alef Techasel Otam
2011
MovieDocumentary
This movies sheds light on the "300 Busline" story - one of the keystone developments in Israel's fight against terrorism. The movie, through testimonies and recordings never revealed before, focuses on events within Israel's Shin-Beit Secret Service, following a kill order given by Shin-Beit's director - an order which had earth shaking ramifications on Israel's defence services.
The Ballad of the Weeping Spring · 2012The Ballad of the Weeping Spring
★ 6.52012
MovieDrama
A beautiful drama about love, friendship and the power of art to transform. Seeking redemption for a mysterious past and a dark secret, musician Yosef Tawila is on a quest to gather the members of his troupe, which disbanded for twenty years.
Good Morning Tel Aviv · 2022Good Morning Tel Aviv
2022
MovieDocumentary
Tel Aviv is the city that never sleeps, the start-up nation par excellence, the most secular and cosmopolitan of all the cities in the Middle East. Its dynamism manages to combine the memory of the past with the unstoppable ambition to offer itself every day to change, to bet, to the future. The question is: is Tel Aviv the vanguard of an Israel to come, or is it just a small island - a "bubble" as they say - within a country in constant conflict with its neighbors and beyond.
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