Esau
5.5
A 40-year-old writer returns to his family house where he was raised and that he escaped after half a lifetime - to face his brother who stayed instead, inherited their family bakery and married the woman who they both loved.
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Cast
17 people
Lior Ashkenazi
Esau
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Mark Ivanir
Jacob
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Yulia Peresild
Sarah
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Harvey Keitel
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Omer Goldman
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Shira Haas
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Kseniya Rappoport
Cheznous
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Orly Tobaly
Lea
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Sh'Chur
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Yoav Rotman
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Lion Ravich
Ilan Hazan
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Ami Weinberg
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Pavel Lungin Director · Evgeny Ruman Screenplay Meir Shalev Author
First release October 7, 2019 · Produced in United Kingdom, Israel, Russia · Languages English, Russian
Production
2-Team Productions
Production
United Kingdom · Israel · Russia
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Эсав
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Russian
Release dates
Bulgaria · October 7, 2019
No release date listed for United States.
China
December 27, 2020
Hong Kong SAR China
November 4, 2019 · Premiere · Hong Kong Jewish Film Festival
Russia
October 10, 2020 · Premiere · Pacific Meridian International Film Festival of Asian-Pacific countries in Vladivostok
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