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Tahara

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A young woman's (Meital Dohan) affair with a sheik's son (Juliano Mer-Khamis) leads to her banishment and circumcision.

Critics Reviews

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Michael Wilmington Chicago Tribune God's Sandbox is well-shot and well-filmed, somewhat over-acted, and interesting primarily because it goes so crazily off the rails, both romantically and politically. Rated: 2.5/4 Dec 15, 2005 Full Review G. Allen Johnson San Francisco Chronicle A fairly well-made film, reasonably directed by Eran, and it is a plea for women's rights as the Middle East gradually transitions from a tradition-bound society to a modern one. Rated: 3/4 Aug 19, 2005 Full Review Kevin Thomas Los Angeles Times With his third feature, Eran proves a skilled director of actors but still has much to learn about how to shape a picture and sharpen details that will give his work more clarity and meaning. Rated: 3/5 Jul 28, 2005 Full Review Marta Barber Miami Herald The film falls into a melodramatic and soapy love story that makes you cringe as much as the horrific scenes of the brutal circumcision. Rated: 1/4 Nov 18, 2005 Full Review Bob Strauss Los Angeles Daily News This purplishly written and amateurishly acted piece makes a mockery of Arab-Israeli relations by using them as a basis for exotic eroticism. Rated: 1.5/4 Aug 5, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member An interesting story plot that follows a young, carefree woman's misadventure in the desert until her mother comes searching for her. Trying to understand her young, wayward daughter, Liz is bound on getting Rachel to return with her. When a story is told about a young, spontaneous woman named Leila, Rachel learn of a deep, dark secret that her mother has kept for many years. Raiza Israeli, Meital Dohan, Juliano Merr, Orly Perl, and Sami Samir stars. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member An amateurish, tedious, melodramatic and mixed-up soapy love story which couldn't really distinguish the difference between a feminist agitprop or softcore porn. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Audience Member A very lyrical story -- a story within a story and a pretty intense story as well. However, with such beautiful and interesting environments and beautiful and interesting people, the cinematography was not as in accordance as it could be. Still... Sami Samir is hot ;-) ! Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Doron Eran

Director

Juliano Mer-Khamis

Nagim

Razia Israeli

Liz

Meital Dohan

Layla

Sami Samir

Mustafa

Hanita Halevy

Writer

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Movie Info

Synopsis A young woman's (Meital Dohan) affair with a sheik's son (Juliano Mer-Khamis) leads to her banishment and circumcision.
Director
Doron Eran
Producer
Yoav Halevy
Screenwriter
Hanita Halevy, Yoav Halevy
Distributor
Indican Pictures
Production Co
Open Doors Films
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Hebrew
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 7, 2002, Original
Rerelease Date (Theaters)
Jul 29, 2005
Release Date (DVD)
Nov 7, 2006
Box Office (Gross USA)
$50.8K
Runtime
1h 19m
Sound Mix
Dolby SR