Baba Joon (Hebrew: באבא ג'ון) is a 2015 Israeli drama film directed by Yuval Delshad. It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.[1] It won the award for Best Film at the 2015 Ophir Awards and became Israel's entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.[2][3][4]
| Baba Joon | |
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| Directed by | Yuval Delshad |
| Written by | Yuval Delshad |
| Starring | Navid Negahban |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | Israel |
| Language | Persian |
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The film tells the story of a Jewish-Iranian family of three generations in an agricultural settlement in the Negev, where all the inhabitants immigrated from Iran. Yitzchak runs a turkey farm that he took over from his father. His 13-year-old son Moti is supposed to take over the business one day, but he is not interested in poultry and would rather become a car mechanic instead. The unresolved future of the business and a visit from Jitzchak's brother from the USA exacerbate the already existing tensions between the immigrant (parents and grandparents) and Israeli-born generations.
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References edit
- ^ "Sandra Bullock's 'Our Brand Is Crisis,' Robert Redford's 'Truth' to Premiere at Toronto". Variety. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
- ^ "Farsi-language Film Wins Best Picture at Israeli Oscars". Haaretz. 22 September 2015. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
- ^ "2015 Ophir nominations announced". The Jerusalem Post. 11 August 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
- ^ "Israeli Persian-language film to contend for Oscar". Times of Israel. 22 September 2015. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
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