Jellyfish
“Life Stings”
Meduzot (the Hebrew word for Jellyfish) tells the story of three very different Israeli women living in Tel Aviv whose intersecting stories weave an unlikely portrait of modern Israeli life. Batya, a catering waitress, takes in a young child apparently abandoned at a local beach. Batya is one of the servers at the wedding reception of Keren, a young bride who breaks her leg in trying to escape from a locked toilet stall, which ruins her chance at a romantic honeymoon in the Caribbean. One of the guests is Joy, a Philippine chore woman attending the event with her employer, and who doesn't speak any Hebrew (she communicates mainly in English), and who is guilt-ridden after having left her young son behind in the Philippines.
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Cast
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Sarah Adler
Batya
Known for
Foxtrot
The Cakemaker
Shosha Goren
Tikva
Known for
Lonely Planet
Tsipor Aizen
Tamar
Also in
Life According To Agfa
Bruria Albeck
Relly
Also in
Black Box
Significant Other
Ilanit Ben-Yaakov
Galia
Also in
Your Honor
The Exchange Principle
Assi Dayan
Eldad
Also in
A Walk with Love and Death
The Delta Force
Miri Fabian
Nili
Known for
Schindler's List
Johnathan Gurfinkel
Amir
Gera Sandler
Michael
Known for
Unorthodox
Nikol Leidman
Das kleine Mädchen
No other roles listed
Noa Raban
Keren
Also in
Dolls
Charlie Golf One
Ma-nenita De Latorre
Joy
No other roles listed
Shira Geffen Director · Etgar Keret Director Christopher Bowen Composer
Worldwide gross $939K · Budget $1.8M · United States release August 31, 2007
Box office
Budget
$1,800,000
Worldwide gross
$938,881
Gross vs. budget
0.5×
Production
Les Films du Poisson
Production
France · Israel
Produced in
Languages
Original title
מדוזות
Original language
Hebrew
Spoken on screen
English · French · Hebrew · Tagalog
Release dates
France · May 22, 2007
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
Israel · June 28, 2007
Theatrical
United States · August 31, 2007
Premiere · Telluride Film Festival
Canada
September 9, 2007 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
France
September 5, 2007 · Theatrical
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