SummaryNaomi, 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 is engulfi... Read More
Directed By:Eran Riklis
Written By:Eran Riklis, Shulamith Hareven
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Apr 5, 2018
30
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.
Apr 4, 2018
30
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.
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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
Tagline:Two women, one mission, no one to trust
Awards
Awards of the Israeli Film Academy
• 2 Nominations
Stony Brook Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
