Clara Hakedosha
Cinematography:
Valentin BelonogovCast:
Etgar Keret, Igal Naor, Orly Silbersatz, Evgenia Dodina, Tal Ben-Bina, Menashe Noy, Maya Maron, Joe El DrorPlots(1)
Lucy Dubinchik stars as Clara, a Russian immigrant teenager whose clairvoyant powers create mayhem among the students at Golda Meir Junior High School. When the entire seventh grade class gets perfect scores on a math exam, the faculty is thrown into a crisis. Determined to stamp out this challenge to their authority, the teachers trace the source to Clara. Soon, Clara’s powers disrupt the whole town as she picks winning lottery numbers and predicts an earthquake. Clara’s powers may not last, however... she will lose them the first time she falls in love. (official distributor synopsis)
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What I really hate are adaptations of excellent literary works that try to be original, but end up looking infinitely stupid. I vowed to avoid rating trash, but I have already violated this resolution three times, and if I have rated the mutilation of Kundera's work in this way, my admiration and respect for Kohout's entertaining and instructive book command me to behave the same. It was the first Israeli film I have ever seen and I think it will be the last forever. If this is how Israelis handle literary treasures, hands off their films.
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