THE MONKEY HOUSE

Dir. Avi Nesher | Comedy / Drama | Israel / Italy | 2023 | 2 hrs. 1 min. | Hebrew and Italian with English subtitles 

In this witty literary thriller set in the 1980s and nominated for eleven Israeli Film Academy awards, a formerly bestselling novelist, Amitay Kariv (top Israeli standup comedian Adir Miller), makes a desperate bid to reignite his career and win the affection of a childhood love. He devises an audacious scam, enlisting a daring actress and training her to assume the somber identity of a graduate student. The narrative takes a wide turn, swinging from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, Rome, and back, when a young documentary director arrives to make a film about the discrepancy between Israeli and Palestinian authors.

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