The Matchmaker (2010 film)

The Matchmaker
The Matchmaker
	Film poster
Directed by	Avi Nesher
Screenplay by	Avi Nesher
Based on	When Heroes Fly; by Amir Gutfreund
Produced by	Avi Nesher; Ishay Mor; Chilik Michaeli
Starring	Adir Miller; Tuval Shafir
Cinematography	Michel Abramowicz
Edited by	Isaac Sehayek
Music by	Philippe Sarde
Production; company	Metro Communications
Distributed by	Menemsha Films
Release date	October 17, 2010 ();
Running time	112 minutes
Country	Israel
Language	Hebrew
Budget	₪7,684,104

The Matchmaker (Hebrew: פעם הייתי, lit. "Once I Was") is a 2010 Israeli film written, directed and produced by Avi Nesher, based on the novel When Heroes Fly by award-winning author Amir Gutfreund. It premiered as an official selection at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival and later that year won the at the Chicago International Film Festival. It received seven nominations for Israel's Ophir Awards in 2010, including Best Picture, where Adir Miller also won in the Best Actor category and Maya Dagan won in the Best Actress category.^[1]

Cast[]

as Arik Burstein
Adir Miller as Yankel Braiyd
as Clara Epstein
as Meir the Librarian
as Yozi Burstein
as Nili Burstein
Neta Porat as Tamara
as Sylvia
as Moshe Abadi
as Tikva Abadi
as Benny Abadi
as Arik Burstein (adult)
Yaakov Bodo as Adv. Segalson
Eli Yatzpan as Uncle Nadgi

Soundtrack[]

Yehezkel – The High Windows
Yona Paamona
White Rabbit – Jefferson Airplane
– Cream

References[]

^ "The Matchmaker". Retrieved October 27, 2012.

External links[]

The Matchmaker at IMDb
The Matchmaker at Rotten Tomatoes

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[Menemsha_Films-1] "The Matchmaker". Retrieved October 27, 2012.

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