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  • 2018
  • Menemsha Films
  • 1 h 33 m
  • 2018
  • Menemsha Films
  • 1 h 33 m

Summary Naomi, an Israeli Mossad agent (Neta Riskin) is sent to Germany to protect Mona (Golshifteh Farahani), a Lebanese informant recovering from plastic surgery to assume her new identity. Together for two weeks in a quiet apartment in Hamburg, the relationship that develops between the two women is soon exposed to the threat of terror that i...

Directed By: Eran Riklis

Written By: Shulamith Hareven, Eran Riklis

  • 2018
  • Menemsha Films
  • 1 h 33 m
  • 2018
  • Menemsha Films
  • 1 h 33 m
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Summary Naomi, an Israeli Mossad agent (Neta Riskin) is sent to Germany to protect Mona (Golshifteh Farahani), a Lebanese informant recovering from plastic surgery to assume her new identity. Together for two weeks in a quiet apartment in Hamburg, the relationship that develops between the two women is soon exposed to the threat of terror that i...

Directed By: Eran Riklis

Written By: Shulamith Hareven, Eran Riklis

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30
Apr 5, 2018
The dissipating focus and the turgidly explanatory dialogue ultimately affects the legitimately surprising twist at the end, one in keeping with espionage's great theme — the intertwining of loyalty and betrayal — but that lacks oomph after so awkwardly uninvolving a buildup.
By Robert Abele FULL REVIEW
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Apr 4, 2018
Lacking suspense and at times bordering on unintentional silliness in its characterizations, the film is a misfire that sorely disappoints as it comes from the director of such acclaimed efforts as The Syrian Bride and The Lemon Tree.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Beta Cinema, Heimatfilm, Riva Filmproduktion, MACT Productions, Eran Riklis Productions, Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, Israel Film Fund, The Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports, Israel Film Council, Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA), Deutscher Filmförderfonds (DFFF), Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF), ARTE
Release Date Apr 6, 2018
Duration 1 h 33 m
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Tagline Two women, one mission, no one to trust
Website https://www.betacinema.com/138/pid/210/Shelter.htm
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Awards

Awards of the Israeli Film Academy
• 2 Nominations
Stony Brook Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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