The Farewell Party

Name: The Farewell Party
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: May 22, 2015
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 71
Cast: Aliza Rosen, Hilla Sarjon, Ilan Dar, Levana Finkelstein, Raffi Tavor

2015

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Samuel Goldwyn Films | Release Date: May 22, 2015

Starring: Aliza Rosen, Hilla Sarjon, Ilan Dar, Levana Finkelstein, Raffi Tavor, Yosef Carmon, Ze'ev Revach

Summary: A group of friends at a Jerusalem retirement home decide to help their terminally ill friend. When rumors of their assistance begin to spread, more and more people ask for their help, and the friends are faced with a life and death dilemma. [Samuel Goldwyn Films]

Director: Sharon Maymon and Tal Granit

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 95 min

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Arizona Republic - Randy Cordova

Jun 11, 2015

It actually is quite funny. It is also warm and empathetic, though a viewer's reaction to the film might vary depending how they view the subject of assisted suicide. Read full review

Los Angeles Times - Kenneth Turan

Jun 4, 2015

The Farewell Party succeeds as well as it does because the core dilemma always feels real and the filmmakers take great care to see that the inevitable emotions put into play are never overdone. Read full review

Philadelphia Inquirer - Tirdad Derakhshani

Jun 19, 2015

Funny, wry, tragic, and deeply moving. Read full review

Slant Magazine - Elise Nakhnikian

May 18, 2015

A neatly balanced tragicomedy about the easily blurred line between assisted living and assisted death. Read full review

Movie Nation - Roger Moore

May 19, 2015

The performers, working in Hebrew (with English subtitles), make their characters empathetic, emphatic, human and humane. Read full review

The Dissolve - Andrew Lapin

May 19, 2015

The film’s deft, improbable balance of tone makes its success feel well-deserved. Not many directors could have pulled off the blend of somber reflection and gallows humor that Tal Granit and Sharon Maymon manage here. Read full review

The A.V. Club - Vadim Rizov

May 20, 2015

The Farewell Party leaves no doubt as to where it stands on the right to die with dignity when facing terminal illness, but it’s so clumsily made that it serves only to exasperate. Read full review

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netflic

Jun 15, 2015

Maybe you happen to remember a 'Seinfeld' episode when a priest wants to convert to Judaism? His reason - 4,000 years of Jewish humor.
The movie "The Farewell Party" is a testament that the priest was into something - laughing at ones own troubles is a typical Jewish thing. It is aMaybe you happen to remember a 'Seinfeld' episode when a priest wants to convert to Judaism? His reason - 4,000 years of Jewish humor.
The movie "The Farewell Party" is a testament that the priest was into something - laughing at ones own troubles is a typical Jewish thing. It is a recognition that life is often filled with losses, sorrow and misfortunes. At any moment of life something funny may be found, and laughing will make pain (albeit temporarily) less severe.
Some would argue that euthanasia, or mercy killing is not a subject for jokes. But creators of this movie successfully proved otherwise. It takes talent and a lot of taste to make a funny movie about life and death, about terminally ill people wishing to stop their suffering and die with dignity.
Great movie, masterfully done.… Expand

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Brent_Marchant

Oct 3, 2015

A thoughtful, emotive, occasionally macabre comedy-drama about such issues as life, death, knowing when to hold on and knowing when to let go. This little-known Israeli offering is a surprising little gem of a movie, one that will surely evoke a range of bittersweet feelings.

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