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- 2003
- 2 h 4 m
- 2003
- 2 h 4 m
Summary Focusing on the relationship between an Israeli woman and the Ethiopian Christian illegal woman she hires as a housekeeper, this film depicts the heartbreaking lives of many of the 300,000 foreign workers in Israel today. (Quad Cinema)
- 2003
- 2 h 4 m
- 2003
- 2 h 4 m
Foreign Sister
46
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Summary Focusing on the relationship between an Israeli woman and the Ethiopian Christian illegal woman she hires as a housekeeper, this film depicts the heartbreaking lives of many of the 300,000 foreign workers in Israel today. (Quad Cinema)
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
46
14% Positive
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1 Review
86% Mixed
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
46
14% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
86% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Starts strongly and is bolstered by thoughtful performances.
Offers an incisive glimpse into one woman's inner transformation -- her secret sense of loss in the midst of plenty and her sudden perception of a world of suffering lying just beyond her home.
There is a reason formulas endure: they work. And even under these threadbare circumstances, the developing friendship between the two women carries a faint but effective dramatic charge.
The particulars of her situation are well-imagined, but Wolman's characters remain little more than mouthpieces.
Wolman gets his point across, but he does so in such a predictable, contrived and sappy manner that viewers aren't likely to care. And the final plot twist is a cop-out.
Unfortunately, Wolman's flat direction accentuates the predictable course of his soft narrative.
Good intentions can't compensate for crude technique or lack of insight, but Israeli director Dan Wolman's deserves credit for broaching a serious subject.
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