Hole in the Moon
6.4
A comic and episodic satire, the film uses improvisation to illustrate the clash between fantasy and reality in real life. Although conceived in the style of Mekas’ “Hallelujah the hills” (1962), it’s an authentically Israeli satire, an openly rebellious and individualistic expression that poked fun at the sacred myths of earlier zionist films. The technique of film within the film is used to portray cinema as reflection of the imagination, a miracle based on dreams and fantasies that take on concrete characteristics – parallel to the miracle of Israel, the dream that has become reality. Although not a commercial success, its importance is beyond any measure, though it remains a unique experiment, boldly uncommercial and subversive, out of any context in that patriotic, ideological epoch.
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Cast
19 people
Uri Zohar
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Arik Lavie
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Shmulik Kraus
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Shaike Ophir
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Shoshik Shani
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Avraham Heffner
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Shoshana Shani-Lavie
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Zeev Berlinsky
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Yael Aviv
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Hedva Ve'Shlomik
Amos Avni
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Uri Zohar Director · Amos Kenan Writer Michel Colombier Composer
Budget $100K · United States release January 1, 1964 · Produced in Israel
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Budget
$100,000
Production
Geva Films
Production
Israel
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Original title
חור בלבנה
Original language
Hebrew
Spoken on screen
Hebrew
Release dates
United States · January 1, 1964
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