Sweets by Joseph Pitchhadze

Plot Summary

Salah, an Israeli-Arab enterpriser, strives to bring happiness for the children of the Arab sector in Israel by opening a new chain of candy stores. ‘The Firm’, an Israeli corporation headed by Klausner , that controls Israeli candy market, resent Salah on his former business move – taking control over the Israeli market of Turkish coffee. Klausner sees the new business initiative of Salah as a real threat, not only a business one but also a cultural and a political one, even a real challenge against Zionism itself. In a disguise of a Business struggle the story reveals moral dilemmas and a cultural struggle: the Arab businessman trying to integrate in Modern Israel against the dominant Zionist culture.

Director:
Joseph Pitchhadze
Year:
2013
Screenwriter:
Joseph Pitchhadze, Dov Stoyer
Producer:
Joseph Pitchhadze, Dov Stoyer
Actors:
Makram Khoury
Sarah Adler
Moni Moshonov
Menashe Noy
Dvir Benedek
Length:
132 minutes
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