< The Holy Land (2001)

MOVIE | 1h 42m | Open in IMDB | WL | ? / 6.4 (279)

Drama | Mendy is a young man struggling to keep his mind focused on rabbinical school. His teacher tells him to rid himself of desires by visiting a prostitute in Tel Aviv. Mendy falls head over heels in love with a Russian harlot named Sasha.

• Director: Eitan Gorlin
• Writer: Eitan Gorlin
• Oren Rehany (25) - Mendy
• Tchelet Semel (21) - Natasha "Sasha" Sonsova
• Saul Stein - Mike
• Albert Iluz (49) - Razi
• Aryeh Moskona (54) - The Exterminator
• Alon Dahan - Reb Nocham (Mendy's Rabbi)
• Mosko Alkalai (70) - Professor Milan
• Liat Bein - Mendy's Mother
• Yehoyachin Friedlander - Mendy's Father
• Lanny Shahaf - Exterminator's Wife
• Lupo Berkowitch (64) - Daryl
• Aryeh Hasfari - Jamal (schoolboy)
• Harel Noff - Hobo Priest
• Icho Avital (41) - Bar Patron
• Louise Asher - Screaming Lady
• Jenny Fleicher - Stanislav (the boss)
• Gregory Tal - Boris (the goon)
• Igor Mirkurbanov (37) - Vladimir Michalovitch (Russian Piano Teacher)
• Julia Gilinski - Monika
• Chovav Bar-Zilay - Older Customer