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Esther (Simone Benyamini) marries the king of Persia and saves the Jews from slaughter by Haman (Juliano Mer-Khamis).

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Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 07/31/2018
B-
Ably tells the Purim story of the Jews. Go to Full Review Nick Davis Nick's Flick Picks 07/16/2011
B-
Merging straight Biblical storytelling with modern gimmicks, Amos Gitai half-succeeds at both... Even when he stutters or flaunts his affectations, you cannot write him off as having nothing to say. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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03/24/2013 The concept is very interesting, but the execution is worthy of a vigorous first year film student. There is no human truth here, just half baked ideas. See more Read all reviews
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Amos Gitai

Director

Simone Benyamini

Esther

Mohammad Bakri

Mordecai

Juliano Mer-Khamis

Haman

Zare Vartanian

Ahasverus

David Cohen

Hagai
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Synopsis Esther (Simone Benyamini) marries the king of Persia and saves the Jews from slaughter by Haman (Juliano Mer-Khamis).
Director
Amos Gitai
Producer
Amos Gitai, Ruben Kornfeld
Screenwriter
Amos Gitai, Stephan Levine
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Hebrew
Release Date (DVD)
Apr 29, 2003
Runtime
1h 33m