Hunting Elephants
| Hunting Elephants | |
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| Directed by | Reshef Levi |
| Produced by | Ehud Bleiberg Moshe Edry Leon Edry |
| Written by |
Reshev Levi Regev Levi |
| Starring |
Sasson Gabai Moni Moshonov Patrick Stewart Gil Blank Yael Abecassis |
| Music by | Gilad Ben Amram Gil Toren |
| Cinematography | Yaron Sherf |
| Edited by | Yitzhak Tzhayak |
| Distributed by | United King Films |
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107 minutes |
| Country | Israel |
| Language | Hebrew, English |
| Budget | ~NIS 10 million |
Hunting Elephants (Hebrew: לצוד פילים, Latzud Pilim, lit. To Hunt Elephants) is a 2013 Israeli crime comedy film directed by Reshef Levi. It stars, among others, Sasson Gabai, Moni Moshonov and Patrick Stewart. It was released to theaters in Israel on July 4, 2013.
The plot centers around Jonathan (Gil Blank), a 12-year-old boy who, with his grandfather and two others, attempts to rob the bank where his deceased father had worked. The film received mixed reviews from critics.
Jonathan's father, Daniel (Tzvika Hadar), dies of a heart attack in his workplace, with Jonathan present but unable to help him. The bank manager, Dedi (Moshe Ivgy), refuses to pay compensation because the contract with the insurance company doesn't cover such events. Jonathan's mother, Dorit (Yael Abecassis), starts going out with Dedi because she needs the money, leaving Jonathan in an elderly home with his grandfather Eliyahu (Sasson Gabai).
Eliyahu and his friend Nick (Moni Moshonov) are former Lehi fighters who used to rob British banks to fund the organization's activities. Eliyahu had been at odds with Daniel and Dorit for many years, and hated Dorit for not performing an abortion and, in his opinion, ruining Daniel's life and burying his career. Eliyahu's wife Roda (Rina Schenfeld) is in a coma in their elderly home, with no chance of recovery. She was the daughter of a British lord and inherited his estate in Israel, while her brother Michael Simpson (Patrick Stewart), broke because he chose to be a theater actor to the chagrin of their father, seeks to take Roda off life support and get the estate. The estate had in fact already been sold by Eliyahu to pay for Roda's lengthy hospitalization and a home for himself and Nick.
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