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  • 2008
  • Unrated
  • Zeitgeist Films
  • 1 h 18 m
  • 2008
  • Unrated
  • Zeitgeist Films
  • 1 h 18 m

Summary Poignant, often witty, and exceedingly cinematic, Jellyfish tells the story of three very different Tel Aviv women whose intersecting stories weave an unlikely portrait of modern Israeli life. Batya, a catering waitress, takes in a child apparently abandoned at a local beach. Batya is one of the servers at the wedding reception of Keren,...

Directed By: Shira Geffen, Etgar Keret

Written By: Shira Geffen

  • 2008
  • Unrated
  • Zeitgeist Films
  • 1 h 18 m
  • 2008
  • Unrated
  • Zeitgeist Films
  • 1 h 18 m

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Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 21 Critic Reviews
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Summary Poignant, often witty, and exceedingly cinematic, Jellyfish tells the story of three very different Tel Aviv women whose intersecting stories weave an unlikely portrait of modern Israeli life. Batya, a catering waitress, takes in a child apparently abandoned at a local beach. Batya is one of the servers at the wedding reception of Keren,...

Directed By: Shira Geffen, Etgar Keret

Written By: Shira Geffen

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Generally Favorable Based on 21 Critic Reviews
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10% Mixed
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Generally Favorable Based on 21 Critic Reviews
67
86% Positive
18 Reviews
10% Mixed
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5% Negative
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88
Like a Keret story, Jellyfish is economical – a mere 78 minutes – but it packs into its taut, intersecting storylines a charming melancholy and a surprisingly rich depth.
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83
Marvelously inventive, often-ironic Israeli storyteller Etgar Keret and his life- and workmate, Shira Geffen, spin in Jellyfish a dreamy, arty, alluringly cockeyed tale involving three unrelated women in Tel Aviv.
By Lisa Schwarzbaum FULL REVIEW
75
The scale is small, but Jellyfish has deep currents.
By Walter Addiego FULL REVIEW
70
An interlocking ensemble piece in the tradition of "Crash" and "Babel," but with welcome dashes of whimsy and magical realism.
By Ann Hornaday FULL REVIEW
70
An Israeli movie with neither politics nor religion--and only one casual, if fraught, mention of the Holocaust--bespeaks an underlying desire for normality that's as poignant and fantastic as Keret and Geffen's modest, shabby Tel Aviv settings.
By J. Hoberman FULL REVIEW
63
In spite of the entropy, Jellyfish is close to a comedy, with a gentle sense of absurdism and a welcome generosity toward its characters.
By Ty Burr FULL REVIEW
20
Although it runs 78 minutes, it feels like 78 hours.
By Phil Hall FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Lama Films, Arte France Cinéma, Canal+, Israeli Film Fund, Keshet Broadcasting, Lama Productions, Les Films du Poisson, TPS Star
Release Date Apr 4, 2008
Duration 1 h 18 m
Rating Unrated
Genres
Tagline Love. Longing. Magic. (USA)
Website https://www.facebook.com/lesmeduses
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Awards

Awards of the Israeli Film Academy
• 10 Nominations
Cannes Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 4 Nominations
Bratislava International Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations

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