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Directed by | Muli Segev and Adam Sanderson |
Produced by |
Moshe Edri Leon Edri Avi Nir David Zilber Muli Segev Avi Nesher |
Written by |
Muli Segev Asaf Shalmon David Lipschitz |
Starring |
Eli Finish Dov Navon Assi Cohen |
Music by | Ran Shem Tov |
Cinematography | Giora Bih |
Edited by | Ron Omer Yaron Shilon |
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Country | Israel |
Language | Hebrew Aramaic |
Zohi Sdom (Hebrew: זוהי סדום, lit. This is Sodom) is an Israeli comedy feature film released on August 5, 2010. It was conceived and created by the team behind the television programme, Eretz Nehederet, and directed by Muli Segev and Adam Sanderson. According to official figures, the movie was the most-watched Israeli film in the 25 years preceding it, with over half a million local tickets sold.
The film is a comical depiction of the Biblical story of Sodom and Gomorrah. It is centered on the families of Lot, the only righteous man in Sodom, and Bera the king of Sodom.
The film starts with God (Eyal Kitzis) meeting Abraham (Moti Kirschenbaum) to sell monotheism. After Abraham declines, God promises to end Abraham's theft problem by destroying the city of Sodom, where the thieves are coming from, within three days. Abraham asks God to get his nephew Lot (Dov Navon) out of the city before he destroys it. God replays the command to his subordinates Raphael (Yuval Semo) and Michael (Maor Cohen).
Lot runs a lottery stall and collects the proceeds toward building a cultural center for Sodom's children. Lot's wife (Tal Friedman) is a former pop singer whose career went downhill after she married Lot. They have a single daughter, Charlotte (Alma Zak). Sodom is run by Bera (Eli Finish) the king of Sodom, a corrupt dictator surrounded by yes men, who has two sons—the elder and successful Ninveh (Assi Cohen) and the younger and stupid Liam (Mariano Idelman).