Posts Tagged: Russia

The Orchard (Yosef Bar-Yosef)

Genre: Comedy , Drama

Ida, a Russian ballet teacher, steps into the beautiful orchard of Menashe Sirkman, an embittered widower. The orchard – full of fragrances and beauty – reminds her of romantic dreams she had long forgotten after her immigration to Israel. The delicate, unexpected love story between Ida and Menashe arouses the jealousy of his wicked brother… Read more

Requiem (Hanoch Levin)

Genre: Drama , Poetic Drama , Poetic Drama

The play follows characters in a remote village – an old coffin-maker and his wife, a young mother with her dying baby, a wagon driver, drunks, and prostitutes – all lonely individuals confronting pain, death, and existential regret. The old man, obsessed with saving and business, faces the emptiness of his life when his wife… Read more

Weininger’s Night (Joshua Sobol)

Genre: Drama

A 23 years old jewish Genius from Vien (Otto Weininger) publishes a book against women and jews. He converts to Christianity and, discouraged from Zionism, commits a suicide.