A tale of friendship between two men, one Jewish and the other Arab, as the state of Israel is being created.
A film with emphasis on visuals and music, the plot concerns characters who meet in present time, mainly the male gypsy Jesus, and the female thief and con-artist Odona, who share parallel experiences from lives 2000 years in the past. These stories are juxtaposed.
An ambitious teaching student's finals studies are interrupted by a passionate affair with a jazz musician.
Élie Chouraqui (born 3 July 1950) is a French film director and scriptwriter. His 1996 film Les menteurs was entered into the 46th Berlin International Film Festival. He made several films with Anouk Aimée. In his younger days he was a volleyball enthusiast and was captain of the French Volleyball team at the European and World championships winning 112 caps. He commentated on volleyball from French Television at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Source: Article "Élie Chouraqui" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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