Apples from the Desert (2014)
Original title: Tapuhim Min HaMidbar
Based on the award-winning play and popular Israeli short story, this poignant family drama follows Rivka, 19-years-old and strong-willed, who struggles to follow the conservative lifestyle of her ultra-orthodox parents in Jerusalem. Determined to break free from her parents’ rigid worldview, she runs away to a secular farming community in the desert. The decision pushes the two generations to confront the chasm between their stringent views of tradition and modernity.
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Moran RosenblattRivkah
Shlomi KoriatReuben
Reymonde AmsallemVictoria
Irit KaplanSarah
Elisha BanaiDubi
Tzvi ShisselZe'ev
Moshe AshkenaziYossiMovie DNA
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What is Apples from the Desert about?
Based on the award-winning play and popular Israeli short story, this poignant family drama follows Rivka, 19-years-old and strong-willed, who struggles to follow the conservative lifestyle of her ultra-orthodox parents in Jerusalem. Determined to break free from her parents’ rigid worldview, she runs away to a secular farming community in the desert. The decision pushes the two generations to confront the chasm between their stringent views of tradition and modernity.
How long is Apples from the Desert?
Apples from the Desert has a runtime of 96 minutes.