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- 2003
- Kino International
- 1 h 40 m
- 2003
- Kino International
- 1 h 40 m
Summary This is the true story, set in May of 1948, of a shipload of hundreds of Jewish immigrants who made their way across Europe to Palestine (which became Israel a week later) seeking a new home, only to be shot at by British troops.
Directed By: Amos Gitai
- 2003
- Kino International
- 1 h 40 m
- 2003
- Kino International
- 1 h 40 m
Kedma
36
2.4
Summary This is the true story, set in May of 1948, of a shipload of hundreds of Jewish immigrants who made their way across Europe to Palestine (which became Israel a week later) seeking a new home, only to be shot at by British troops.
Directed By: Amos Gitai
Top Cast
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
36
29% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
29% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
43% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
36
29% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
29% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
43% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Gitai uses fictionalized characters to dramatize historical reality, and while minimalist in its presentation, the film becomes nearly operatic in its intensity.
The drama makes up in intellectual weight what it sometimes lacks in psychological interest and cinematic realism.
Has the stilted, slightly surreal feel of a stage piece. Sometimes it works, but too often it doesn't.
A largely dull history lesson…stripped of any backgrounding, peopled with archetypes rather than fully-drawn characters, and features self-consciously arty direction that gets in the way of story-telling.
Mesmerizingly bad filmmaking.
But for all its provocation, Kedma is an often dull, incoherent film, and its characters remain frustratingly sketchy
Kedma makes for a clumsy, lugubrious history lesson.
User Score
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 12 User Ratings
2.4
8% Positive
1 Rating
1 Rating
25% Mixed
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
67% Negative
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
User Score
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 12 User Ratings
2.4
8% Positive
1 Rating
1 Rating
25% Mixed
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
67% Negative
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
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Production Company
Agav Hafakot,
Arte France Cinéma,
Agav Films,
MP Productions,
BIM Distribuzione,
Eurimages,
Israel Film Fund,
Canal+,
MK2 Productions,
Telad,
Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC),
The Cinema Project,
The Ministry of Science, Culture & Sport,
Israel Film Council,
Mifal Hapais,
R&C Produzioni
Release Date Feb 7, 2003
Duration 1 h 40 m
Awards
Awards of the Israeli Film Academy
• 1 Win & 4 Nominations
Louisville Jewish Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
São Paulo International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
