Turn Left at the End of the World
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| German title | Turn Left at the End of the World |
| Original title | Sof Ha'Olam Smola |
| Country of production | Israel , France |
| original language | Hebrew , French , English |
| Publishing year | 2004 |
| length | 110 minutes |
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| Director | Avi Nesher |
| script | Sara Eden , Avi Nesher, Ruby Porat Shoval |
| production | Samuel Hadida , Avi Nesher |
| music | Krishna Levy |
| camera | David Gurfinkel |
| cut | Marie-Pierre Renaud , Isaac Sehayek |
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Turn Left at the End of the World (Original: Hebrew סוף העולם שמאלה, Sof Ha'Olam Smola ) is an Israeli - French film drama from 2004. The film describes two culturally very different families who were settled in a remote small village in Israel. The focus of the plot is the close friendship between the daughters of the same age, the Moroccan Nicole ( Neta Garty ) and the Indian Sarah ( Liraz Charhi ). The film takes place in the 1960s and ends at the time of the first moon landing .
action
Time seems to stand still in a small, isolated Israeli village in the Negev desert in the aftermath of the Six Day War . The action begins with an Indian family moving into the village. A Moroccan family has been living in the neighboring house for some time, who also came to Israel as part of the aliyah and eyed the newcomers critically. The two families have little in common and identify more with the cultural traditions of their respective former colonial powers than with their common fate as immigrants in a foreign country. Despite the cultural differences, a close friendship develops between Nicole and Sarah, two daughters of the same age. The two girls discover the world of adults, the music of the sixties and the "sexual revolution" together. As a result of a strike in the only factory near the village, many villagers, including the two fathers, lose their jobs and their income. In this collective emergency situation, the cultural boundaries seem to increasingly disappear. Sarah's father, Roger, begins an affair with the attractive young widow Simone, who lives in the Moroccan family's home. Rachel tries to save her marriage through a superstitious ritual. Nicole's father, Isaac, learns that his wife has leukemia and will not have long to live. Roger and his friends try to maintain their British identity and dignity through a daily cricket match in this difficult economic situation . The Moroccan immigrants are excited about the game and want to participate. Since they do not have the necessary equipment, they contact the British Embassy in Tel Aviv , which not only delivers the required uniforms and clubs immediately, but also promises to invite an English championship team to a friendly match. The game, which received a lot of attention in the media in advance as a sign of friendship between cultures and in which the villagers had high hopes, is developing into a disaster. In the presence of parliamentarians from Tel Aviv and other dignitaries, the home team is hopelessly inferior to the guests and after a controversial referee decision, a scuffle ensues that the visiting team can only with difficulty avoid. The high hopes for a positive economic development of the village are disappointed. Nevertheless, completely unexpectedly, the situation is developing for the better. Alerted by the media to the difficult conditions in the village, the government decided to give the owner of the glass factory financial assistance, which enabled him to agree to the wage increases demanded by the striking workers. The factory continues production and the villagers have work and income again. Out of consideration for his family, Roger ends his affair, Nicole's mother dies and Sarah takes over from Nicole's military service.