as Dona Kobi Regev as Eviatar Omer Moshkovitz as Gabrielle Yam Eitan as Lior Valérie Zarrouk as Yvette Carl Zrihen as Victor Production The film was loosely based on the marriage of co-directors Ronit and Shlomi Elkabetz's parents. Like the characters in the movie, their mother was a hairdresser and their father a religious postal worker. The film was always planned to be the first in a series based on Viviane Amsalem's struggle to free herself. Reception The film received generally positive reviews. Critic Jay Weissberg writing for Variety likened the script to the writing of playwright Edward Albee and praised co-director and star Ronit Elkabetz in particular for a "searing portrayal [that] takes the breathe [sic] away." Awards and nominations Israeli Film Academy Ophir Award for Best Actress - Ronit Elkabetz (won) Hamburg Film Festival Critics Award - Ronit Elkabetz & Shlomi Elkabetz (won) Mons International Festival of Love Films Best Actor - Simon Abkarian (won) Best Actress - Ronit Elkabetz (won) Thessaloniki Film Festival Best Actor - Simon Abkarian (won) Golden Alexandar Award - Ronit Elkabetz & Shlomi Elkabetz (nominated) Venice Film Festival Audience Award (Critics' Week) - Ronit Elkabetz & Shlomi Elkabetz (won) Isvema Award - Ronit Elkabetz & Shlomi Elkabetz (won) References External links 2004 films Israeli drama films French drama films Films directed by Ronit Elkabetz Films shot in Israel 2000s French-language films 2000s Hebrew-language films 2000s Arabic-language films 2004 drama films Films set in Haifa Films about Moroccan Jews 2004 multilingual films Israeli multilingual films French multilingual films 2000s French films