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This Is Sodom
A Film by :Adam Sanderson and Muli Segev
(Israel, 2010, 88 Minutes, Color, Hebrew, English subtitles,
Cast: Dov Navon, Tal Friedman, Alma Zak, Eli Finish, Assi Cohen, Mariano Idelman, Eyal Kitzis, Yuval Semo, Maor Cohen,
Moti Kirshenbaum, Orna Banai)
A hilarious comedy from "The Israeli Monty Python".
The biggest Israeli blockbuster in 25 years!
Set in biblical times, This Is Sodom tells the story of the birth of Monotheistic faith, following the last few days of Sodom, the most famous Sin City in history.
In this satirical comedy God is a young and ambitious entrepreneur trying to recruit his first customer, a cranky old man named Abraham. Old Abraham is a fearless negotiator, with a "deal breaker" demand: the immediate rescue of his nephew Lot - the only righteous man in Sodom - from the city which is about to be obliterated.
The task of rescuing Lot is bestowed upon Raphael and Michael, two angels, who are on their way to Sodom to destroy it. Unfortunately the message is intercepted by Sodom's infamous King Bera. The evil king comes up with a devious plan: he'll disguise himself as Lot, attempting to fool the two into rescuing him instead.
Who will be saved? The righteous man or the biggest sinner? Does God even give a damn? And what will be the fate of the only town in the Bible that knew how to party?
The Eretz Nehederet Show
Since 2003, "Eretz Nehederet" ("A Wonderful Country, ") has been the most successful TV show in Israel. Every Friday night, nearly 60% of the viewing audience tunes in to watch the country's leaders and politicians ridiculed. This satirical show caught the attention of prominent international media outlets such as The New York Times, ABC's 20/20, BBC News, CNN, and ARTE.
Now, the all-star cast of comedians, dubbed the "The Israeli Monty Python" is coming to the big screen, with the hilarious comedy This Is Sodom. Within the first few weeks the movie proved to be a huge success, breaking all previous box-office records and becoming the most profitable film in Israel in 25 years.
A salesman in a shiny suit raps at the door of a desert hut. This is God. He sits down at the table of the lavishly bearded homeowner. This is Abraham. Opening his briefcase, God tells Abraham that if he'll sign up for monotheism, He can provide protection against all manner of plagues and smiters and such. Abraham asks if there's a membership fee. No, God says, but you'll have to kill your kid. "OK," says Abraham. "But there's no membership fee?" OK, I laughed. So did a lot of other people — in Israel, where the 2010 comedy This Is Sodom became the biggest native box-office hit in 25 years. The work of Eretz Nehederet, the satirical TV comedy troupe described as "the Israeli Saturday Night Live," it's a series of irreverent skits closer in tone to Mel Brooks' History of the World Part I than the show's pointed topicality. Despite its blockbuster success abroad, it probably wouldn't have found a U.S. audience, if not for the many Jewish film festivals showing it across the country.See the full article here.One of those is our own Nashville Jewish Film Festival, celebrating its 12th year at The Belcourt through Nov. 15. Film-festival sites and other online sources estimate the number of Jewish film festivals here and overseas at between 80 and 200; websites spotlight fests in New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Washington, all the way down to Baton Rouge and Buffalo, N.Y. The circuit has evolved into an alternate distribution route that has tapped a tailor-made niche for films from Israel, Europe and the U.S. — including This Is Sodom, showing at The Belcourt in a late-night berth 9:30 p.m. Saturday.
Below, the trailer for Saturday night's other attraction, the French family comedy-drama The Day I Saw Your Heart, starring Inglourious Basterds lead Melanie Laurent and veteran French character actor Michel Blanc. It screens 7 p.m. at The Belcourt.
