What A Wonderful Place

Eyze Makom Nifla
Director: Eyal Halfon
Israel 2005 105mins
Language: Hebrew with English subtitles

Israel’s 2005 Oscar entry highlights the difficulties foreign workers experience in contemporary Israel. This multi-lingual ensemble film speaks eloquently about something common to us all: the need for human contact. In three stories, we meet a group of eclectic characters, from an ex-cop to a melancholic farmer to a Filipino caretaker, all of who arrive at the same point in the desert. Acclaimed universally for its uniformly magnificent performances and wildly effective storytelling.