Poly

Omer Tobi, the talented director behind the music videos for gay party line “Arisa’’ and the creator of the musical TV series “HaYoresht” (“The Heiress”), in a surprising, daring and unusual debut film,

Orly Belaish, a lonely middle-aged woman, splits her time between her monotonous job at a supermarket and caregiving for her ailing mother and family members. The mysterious murder of the head cashier at the supermarket leads to Orly’s promotion, and her status in the supermarket rises. Along with this new role, Orly also inherits the deceased cashier’s dark past – a past that will take her on a journey into the depths of her repressed desires, revealing her deep longing for warmth and human connection.

“Tropicana” is a meeting in a forgotten small town in the south of Israel between Ulrich Sidle, David Lynch, the Dardenne brothers and Keren Yedaya. The result is one huge mindfuck.

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