Fictitious Marriage

1988 "A Dark Comedy about Life, Love and Lies"

Fictitious Marriage

7.1 | 1h30m | en | Drama

Eldad is about to go abroad, but changes his mind at the last minute. Instead of going home to Jerusalem, he disguises himself and takes a cheap hotel room in Tel Aviv. There he meets the receptionist Judy who he makes believe he'll marry so she can go to American with him and get a working visa there. In another disguise he is mistaken for a deaf-mute Arab and joins a group of them both at their Israeli construction site and back in their village.

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7.1 | 1h30m | en | Drama , Comedy , Romance | More Info

Released: October. 10,1988 | Released Producted By: Tom Productions , Country: Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:

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Cast

Shlomo Bar-Aba , Irit Sheleg , Idit Teperson

Director

Yuda Acco

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Cast

Shlomo Bar-Aba

as Eldad Illan

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Irit Sheleg

as Judy

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Idit Teperson

as Avigail

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Reviews

drchazan Probably Shlomo Bar-Aba's most fascinating roles, this is the story of Eldad Nathan, a teacher in Jerusalem, who decides to leave Israel but changes his mind just before getting on the plane. He arrives disguised at a cheap hotel in Tel Aviv where he meets Judy, the receptionist, who decides he's an Israeli who was living in the USA but has returned home. They begin a relationship and he promises her that he will marry her fictitiously so she can get a 'green card'. In another disguise, he is picked up one morning by a truck that takes Arab workers from the territories and he naturally mixes among them as a deaf-mute to not give himself away. A private investigator hired by his wife looks for him, Judy and the hotel's Arab room cleaner are puzzled by his daily disappearances and his Palestinian friends invite him to their homes in their refugee camp.Bar-Aba goes from strength to strength here, using his excellent skills to blend in to each situation he's in. The metaphor of a fictional marriage is used intelligently throughout the film - his real marriage is hardly ideal, the marriage he offers to Judy is totally unreal, his relationships with the Arab workers is based in a lie, and basically, he is married to a life filled with disguise, that eventually must all come to a head.A very worthwhile movie.