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 |
| Costume & Make-Up | Etti Lugassi | Costume Design |
| Production | Eyal Shiray | Producer |
| Production | David Mandil | Producer |
| Sound | Jonathan Bar-Giora | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Ofer Inov | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Joseph Cedar | Writer |
| Production | Gidon Gadi | Line Producer |
| Editing | Tova Ascher | Editor |
| Production | Galit Eshkol | Casting |
| Production | Ilan Sagiv | Production Manager |
| Art | Yair Greenberg | Production Design |