Yaël Abecassis
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Known For:Acting
Birthday:1967-07-19
Place of Birth:Ashkelon, Israel
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Legend of Destruction (2021)
What had initially started out as a Jewish revolt against the Roman occupation, quickly turned into a fierce civil war. The combination of religious...

Three-Step Dance (2003)
Four separate-but-interconnected stories - one for each season - about life in Sardinia.

Live and Become (2005)
In 1980, the black Falashas in Ethiopia are recognised as genuine Jews and are secretly carried to Israel. The day before the transport the son of a...

Alila (2003)
Life in a Tel Aviv apartment complex, an urban mosaic whose seedy characters, try as they might, can't get out of one another's faces. Gabi, a bobbed...

Surviving with Wolves (2007)
In 1942, the young Jewish girl Misha, her Russian mother Gerusha and her German father Reuven hide from the Germans in a small house in Ardennes,...

The Seven Days (2008)
The Ohaion family is mourning the death of one of their relatives. In keeping with tradition, they gather together in the home of the deceased and...

Kadosh (1999)
The year 2000 approaches in Jerusalem's Orthodox Mea Shearim quarter, where the women work, keep house, and have children so the men can study the...

Driver (2017)
A driver in the ultra-Orthodox community takes his daughter on his nightly journey, exposing her to the more questionable members of this pious...

Comme ton père (2007)
1968. La famille Maïmon : Félix, Mireille et leurs deux enfants, Eric et Michel, débarquent à Marseille. Quelques...

Without Me (2007)
Anna, a divorced single mother, employs a mysterious young woman called Lise to care for her children.

Papa (2005)
Louis and his Daddy are driving back home. Daddy is a past master at clowning, which does not necessarily make Louis laugh. At times Daddy gets...

Hunting Elephants (2013)
In this hilarious crime comedy, a gifted 12-year-old boy and three elderly men plan a bank robbery in order to seek revenge on the institution for...

Bella ciao (2000)
A man struggles to support his family while remaining true to his ideals in this drama set in Europe during the 1930s. Orfeo Mancini and his wife...

That Lovely Girl (2014)
Moshe and Tami are a couple, Moshe is in his fifties and Tami is in her early twenties. They live together in a cruel and violent relationship, from...

Words with Gods (2014)
The first of four installments in the groundbreaking Heartbeat of the World anthology film series. Comprised of several short films by some of the...

Dancing Arabs (2014)
A young Arab is caught between cultures as he is sent to a prestigious Jewish boarding school in Israel in the 1980s.

Shikun (2024)
A diverse cross-section of Israeli society converges in a single multi-use building, the Shikun. As people of different languages, origins and...

Atlit (2015)
In October 1995 three French sisters gather in Atlit, Israel to sell the family home. Tensions arise between elders Darel and Cali when Darel proves...

Tel Aviv Stories (1992)
Three stories about three women: one is trying to find the right guy; one is trying to get a divorce from her runaway husband so she takes hostages;...

Hibuki (2002)
A fairy helps children face their fears and gives them a friend.

Maria Figlia del Suo Figlio (2000)
This téléfilm film on the life of Mary, Joseph's wife and Jesus' mother, from the conception of Jesus to the Assumption into heaven at...

Tshuva (2024)
Following his brother's suicide, Avihu encounters a mesmerizing transgender woman who is a vivid mirror image of his brother. Together they embark on...

Why War (1970)
In 1932, Albert Einstein was invited by the League of Nations to address a letter on any subject to any person. He chose to correspond with Sigmund...

Miss Entebbe (2003)
Jerusalem 1976, a coming of age story about a confused girl, set against the Entebbe airplane hijacking.13- year-old Noa, is convinced she can free...

A Tramway in Jerusalem (2019)
On a tramway that connects several of Jerusalem's neighborhoods from East to West, a mosaic of people from different religious and ethnic backgrounds...

Raymonde El Bidaoia (2020)
Raymonde - diva, queen, enigma, inspiration, survivor, widow, woman, and mother. Armed with a camera, Yael Abecassis followed her mother and stepped...

Lullaby to my Father (2012)
The film intertwines historical events and intimate memories. I observe how architecture represents the transformations of society and those who give...

Prisoners of War (2010)
After 17 years in captivity, Israeli soldiers Nimrode Klein, Uri Zach, and Amiel Ben Horin return home to the country that made them national icons....

Ma'abarot: The Israeli Transit Camps (2019)
A four episodes documentary series that unveils one of the most controversial topics in the history of the Israeli state. Rare archival materials...

One Day in October (2024)
An anthology series exploring the aftermath of the October 7 attacks in Israel, where Hamas militants killed and took hostages. It portrays stories...