• Title:
• La Petite Jerusalem

• Director:
• Karin Albou

• French, Arabic and Hebrew with English subtitles

• France/Israel, 96 min

• Venue:
• AFI Silver Theater and
  Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater

• Purchase Tickets:
• Show 1 is Sold Out. Show 2  

This impressive first feature film from director Karin Albou takes us into the lives of a working class Tunisian-Jewish family in the suburbs of Paris. Laura is 18 and torn between the traditional religious life adhered to by her family and the study of philosophy which excites her intellect and keeps her reading Kant late into the night. Her intellectual and spiritual ideals are further challenged when she finds herself irresistibly attracted to her co-worker Djamel, an Algerian Muslim. Meanwhile, her older sister, played by Elsa Zylberstein (Modigliani, WJFF 2004) struggles to revive the sagging intimacy of her own marriage. Set against the rising tide of modern anti-Semitism in France, La Petite Jerusalem builds to an emotional standoff between the head, the heart and the soul.

• Purchase Tickets:
• Show 1 is Sold Out. Show 2  

• Learn more at the film's web page