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  • 2013
  • Not Rated
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 28 m
  • 2013
  • Not Rated
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 28 m

Summary Alex, 27, lives in a working-class Paris neighborhood and sells drugs for a living, continuously paying off the debts of his brother Isaac (played by French auteur Cedric Kahn), who's becoming a real burden. When his cousin, who has just returned from completing his military service in Israel, tells him he's opening a restaurant in Tel A...

Directed By: Elie Wajeman

Written By: Gaëlle Macé, Elie Wajeman

  • 2013
  • Not Rated
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 28 m
  • 2013
  • Not Rated
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 28 m

Aliyah

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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Summary Alex, 27, lives in a working-class Paris neighborhood and sells drugs for a living, continuously paying off the debts of his brother Isaac (played by French auteur Cedric Kahn), who's becoming a real burden. When his cousin, who has just returned from completing his military service in Israel, tells him he's opening a restaurant in Tel A...

Directed By: Elie Wajeman

Written By: Gaëlle Macé, Elie Wajeman

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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29% Mixed
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Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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29% Mixed
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100
Jun 19, 2013
Tense, smartly crafted and highly resonant, Aliyah is one of the best films so far this year.
By Gary Goldstein FULL REVIEW
90
Jun 11, 2013
A marvelous film, stripped of false urgency.
By Alan Scherstuhl FULL REVIEW
80
Jun 13, 2013
This smart, sober movie makes you feel the full weight of the challenges he faces.
By Stephen Holden FULL REVIEW
70
Jun 10, 2013
Wajeman is particularly skillful at obscuring the lines between right and wrong, setting his story in a a dog-eat-dog world whose moral compass is slightly askew.
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70
Jun 10, 2013
[An] intimate and dexterous debut feature.
By Boyd van Hoeij FULL REVIEW
60
Jun 14, 2013
At first, Elie Wajeman’s moody French drama looks like so many other stories to come before it.
By Elizabeth Weitzman FULL REVIEW
40
Jun 11, 2013
There’s no sense of what Wajeman is after here. A character piece should have some sense of a character’s who, what and why, right?
By David Fear FULL REVIEW

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Production Company 24 Mai Productions, Les Films Pelléas, France 2 Cinéma, Rhône-Alpes Cinéma, Wallpaper Productions, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), France Télévisions, Région Rhône-Alpes, Soficinéma 8
Release Date Jun 14, 2013
Duration 1 h 28 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website https://www.facebook.com/pages/Alyah-le-film/459486120736198
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Awards

Cannes Film Festival
• 2 Nominations

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