Jaffa

Play trailer

Jaffa

2009

1h 46m

Drama

Play Trailer

Watchlist

Watchlist

Tomatometer

Popcornmeter

50%

Tomatometer

6 Reviews

61%

Popcornmeter

100+ Ratings

Two young Palestinian lovers secretly plan a wedding.

Ray Bennett

The Hollywood Reporter

An absorbing and touching family drama set in the Israeli seaside town of the title.

May 17, 2009

Full Review

Jay Weissberg

Variety

"Jaffa" is modeled on semi-glossy Egyptian mellers, but Yedaya lets the air out, leaving empty characters with no connections to each other or the audience. Best seen as a temporary blip in a promising career.

May 17, 2009

Full Review

David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

...an engaging, sporadically enthralling little drama...

Rated: 2.5/4

Nov 9, 2010

Full Review

Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

Spirituality & Practice

The battle between love and hatred for Arabs in one Jewish family in Jaffa.

Rated: 3/5

Nov 1, 2010

Full Review

Joseph Proimakis

Movies for the Masses

full review at Movies for the Masses

Rated: 2.5/5

Aug 19, 2010

Full Review

Dan Fainaru

Screen International

Jaffa's schematic plot, predictably developed with stock characters that are never fleshed out, is insufficient to carry her pallid observations.

May 17, 2009

Full Review

Read all reviews

Audience Member

This is a heart-wrenching Romeo and Juliet story set in Jaffa with an Arab-Israeli Romeo and an Israeli Juliet. Writer-director Keren Yedaya lays bare prejudice and class differences in this French-Israeli-German-produced family drama. Dana Ivgy is the standout of the cast in the Juliet role, and was nominated for the Ophir Award for Best Actress.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

Full Review

Audience Member

Fucking mÃ©taphore Palestine/IsraÃ«l

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

Full Review

Audience Member

This authentic and bludgeoning portrayal of the fallout from an unexpected death is certainly riveting. When it works, its insistence to side-step excessiveness in its emotions, and the really good performances, shine. However, it's aggressively unredemptive ending and tinges of Nicolas-Sparks-like plotting makes this supremely sad melodrama often more "melo" than "drama".

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/24/23

Full Review

Audience Member

jewish grrl meets arab boy trouble follows

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

Full Review

Audience Member

An engaging drama from Israel. A Jewish family owns a garage that employs Arabs as mechanics. Their eldest daughter is carrying on a secret romance with one of the mechanics. Their plans to elope are halted by a very personal tragedy. This is the kind of film where the characters do not laboriously explain everything they are thinking to each other, so although the pace is slow, it's legitimately suspenseful.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

Full Review

Audience Member

This film keeps you on your toes. There is no hint to where the plot will lead and no clear choices to be made for any of the characters. It was realistic in the sense that sometimes in life all you can do is make decision after decision, hope it is the right one and just keep living. That's what Jaffa is all about.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/14/23

Full Review

Read all reviews

Read More

Read Less

POST RATING

WRITE A REVIEW

EDIT REVIEW

Keren Yedaya

Director

Dana Ivgy

Mali Wolf

Moni Moshonov

Reuven Wolf

Ronit Elkabetz

Osnat 'Ossi' Wolf

Mahmud Shalaby

Toufik

Hussein Yassin Mahajne

Hassan

I Promise You Anarchy

79%

48%

I Promise You Anarchy

Watchlist

Hadewijch

73%

52%

Hadewijch

Watchlist

Discover more movies and TV shows.

View More

View more photos

Synopsis

Two young Palestinian lovers secretly plan a wedding.

Director: Keren Yedaya
Producer: Emmanuel Agneray, Jérôme Bleitrach, Benny Drechsel, Marek Rozenbaum
Screenwriter: Illa Ben Porat, Keren Yedaya
Production Co: Transfax Film Productions, Rohfilm
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Hebrew
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 20, 2016
Runtime: 1h 46m

Most Popular at Home Now