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(Israel, 2005, 94 minutes)

Two teenage girls doing their military service are forced into an uneasy friendship when they’re obliged to patrol the streets of Jerusalem on foot together. Lively, intelligent coming-of-age story whose unusual background quickly fades away in the presence of solid scripting, handling and performances.

A Israel Film Fund/Yes/Transfax Film Production presentation. Starring Smadar Sayar, Naama Schendar. Directed and written by Vidi (Vardit) Bilu and Dalia Hager; produced by Marek Rozenbaum and Itai Tamir; music by Yontan Bar Giora; director of photography (Geyer Berlin; digital video blown-up to 35mm), Yaron Scharf; production designer, Avi Fahima; costume designer, Li Alembik; film editor, Joelle Alexis.

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