#Esti yerushalmi urban tale movie#
The linchpin of the movie is Rita Shukrun, who impressively portrays the matriarch, a sleeping prophet a bit like America's Edgar Cacye.
The writer/director has explained that "orange people" is a metaphor for "creative people." In this movie, the creativity gene passes from generation to generation, but in each generation it's expressed differently and the result is intergenerational tension. “I’m sure it’s going to be a hit in Iran.”Īssociated Press producer Audrey Horowitz contributed to this report.įollow Aron Heller on Twitter at seems that when the Israeli cinema turns its attention to the country's Moroccan community, it likes to dwell on the community's embrace of the supernatural- in the previous films "Sh'chur" and "My Lovely Sister," and in "Orange People" as well. It's more complicated and I’m sure that Iranians who will watch the show will enjoy it very much,” said Eden, who also co-produced the series. “We don’t have bad guys and good guys in this show. In similar fashion to Fauda, creators said they aimed to present a nuanced narrative to a deep-seated conflict that would resonate with all sides.
#Esti yerushalmi urban tale series#
The television series has yet to be mentioned by Iranian officials, though Kayhan International, a publication affiliated with the hard-line newspaper of the same name, described the show as an “anti-Iranian production.” The paper, Kayhan, also acknowledged the show, saying in April that it reveals the “pro-West and promiscuous” nature of activists targeting Iran. It was shot in Athens to replicate the Iranian capital. The show, co-written by Fauda's writer Moshe Zonder, features Israeli actress Niv Sultan in the lead and Homeland’s Navid Negahban and Iron Man actor Shaun Toub in supporting roles. It is a great country, but now I think they’re suffering.” “It was very moving for me and also very painful. “It was hard because it took me back to my memories from Iran,” she said.
Yerushalmi and her family fled Iran after the revolution when she was 13, and she said that acting in her mother tongue of Farsi was an emotional experience. It is an Iranian woman that is also a Jew.” “I took all of them and put it in my character. “My character reminds me of my mother, my aunt, my grandmother,” said actress Esti Yerushalmi, who plays the role of Rabinyan’s Iranian aunt Arezoo. Some 250,000 Israelis are of Iranian descent and have stayed close to the music, culture and food of their roots. Israeli Mossad agents are believed to have acted behind enemy lines in stealing documents from a secret Iranian nuclear archive.īut before Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution, the countries were close allies and Iran was home to a large and thriving Jewish community.
Israeli leaders believe Iran is trying to develop a nuclear-weapons capability, and have frequently hinted at the possibility of a military strike against Iran’s nuclear facilities should international sanctions fail to halt the suspect Iranian atomic program.
Israel considers Iran to be its most dangerous foe, citing its calls for Israel's destruction, its development of sophisticated missiles and support for anti-Israel militias in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip. “We just thought it’s very interesting to try to get into Tehran, into Iran, which is a place we really don’t know and really want to know more about.” “Although it’s a very entertaining show and it has a lot of action, there are a lot of layers,” said Dana Eden, one of the show’s creators. It's looking to take a page out of the “Fauda” success story, mixing fast-pace action scenes with topical political intrigues and personal backstories that touch on the chaotic nature of the region. The espionage thriller, with dialogue in Hebrew, English and Farsi, premiered on June 22 in Israel. “Tehran” marks the next stage, with Apple TV+ purchasing the rights to the eight-part series and signing on to co-produce its international streaming.
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