Time of Favor (2000)
Is today's fanaticism tomorrow's policy? In a West Bank settlement, Rabbi Meltzer has a grand design: he's building a movement "to pray at the Temple Mount." His yeshiva has scholars, and the settlement is getting its own military company to be commanded by Menachem, a disciple of the rabbi. He also wants his daughter, Michal, to marry Pini, the yeshiva's best scholar. Michal has no interest in Pini, but she is attracted to Menachem. When she rebuffs Pini, he hatches a bold and secret plan. Is jealousy the motivation or something else? Meanwhile, the army and Moussad are closely watching the rabbi's activities and Menachem's military training. Who is trustworthy?
Director: Joseph Cedar
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Aki Avni as Menachem |
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Tinkerbell as Michal |
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Idan Alterman as Pini |
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Assi Dayan as Rabbi Meltzer |
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Micha Celektar as Itamar |
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Amnon Wolf as Mookie |
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Shimon Mimran as Benny |
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Uri Klauzner as Sivan (as Uri Klausner) |
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Samuel Calderon as Doron (as Shemuel Kalderon) |
| Directing | Joseph Cedar | Director |
| Sound | Jonathan Bar-Giora | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Ilan Sagiv | Production Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Etti Lugassi | Costume Design |
| Production | David Mandil | Producer |
| Writing | Joseph Cedar | Writer |
| Camera | Ofer Inov | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Tova Ascher | Editor |
| Production | Galit Eshkol | Casting |
| Art | Yair Greenberg | Production Design |
| Production | Eyal Shiray | Producer |
| Production | Gidon Gadi | Line Producer |