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  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 43 m
  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 43 m
The Human Resources Manager

Summary The Human Resources Manager of Jerusalem’s largest bakery is in trouble. He’s separated from his wife, distanced from his daughter and stuck in a job he hates. When one of his female employees, a foreign worker, is killed in a suicide bombing and her body remains unclaimed, the bakery is accused of inhumanity and indifference. The Human...

Directed By: Eran Riklis

Written By: Noah Stollman, Avraham B. Yehoshua

  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 43 m
  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 43 m

The Human Resources Manager

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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Summary The Human Resources Manager of Jerusalem’s largest bakery is in trouble. He’s separated from his wife, distanced from his daughter and stuck in a job he hates. When one of his female employees, a foreign worker, is killed in a suicide bombing and her body remains unclaimed, the bakery is accused of inhumanity and indifference. The Human...

Directed By: Eran Riklis

Written By: Noah Stollman, Avraham B. Yehoshua

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Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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80
Mar 10, 2011
More than anything, this is an intelligent audience picture, a solid and engrossing piece of old-school filmmaking, both humane and character driven, in which the various protagonists learn something - not too much and not too easily - about the nature of their lives.
By Kenneth Turan FULL REVIEW
75
Mar 4, 2011
An enjoyable mix of tragedy and comedy.
By V.A. Musetto FULL REVIEW
70
Mar 5, 2011
With the stranger in a strange land motif, the movie plays a little bit like the 2007 Israeli dramedy "The Band's Visit" and Liev Shreiber's "Everything Is Illuminated" rolled into one.
By Pam Grady FULL REVIEW
60
Mar 2, 2011
It's undeniably humanistic; resourceful and well managed, however, are a different story.
By David Fear FULL REVIEW
50
Apr 22, 2011
Because we don't know or care much about the characters, this Israeli film never fulfills its potential as either an absurdist comedy or a humane drama.
By Joe Williams FULL REVIEW
50
Mar 17, 2011
It serves up a broad humanistic lesson with absurdism and black comedy more sad than barbed.
By Walter Addiego FULL REVIEW
50
Mar 4, 2011
A disappointingly shallow story in which only the dead are named, and the living are reduced to stereotypes.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW

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Production Company 2-Team Productions, Pallas Film, Libra Film, Pie Films, EZ Films
Release Date Mar 4, 2011
Duration 1 h 43 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website http://www.2teamproductions.com/en/productions/completed/The-Human-Resources-Manager-by-Eran-Riklis---film-page/
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Awards

Awards of the Israeli Film Academy
• 5 Wins & 8 Nominations
Valladolid International Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
Hong Kong International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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