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Hole in the Moon

6.0(11)19641h 15m1

A comic and episodic satire, the film uses improvisation to illustrate the clash between fantasy and reality in real life. Although conceived in the style of Mekas’ “Hallelujah the hills” (1962), it’s an authentically Israeli satire, an openly rebellious and individualistic expression that poked fun at the sacred myths of earlier zionist films. The technique of film within the film is used to portray cinema as reflection of the imagination, a miracle based on dreams and fantasies that take on concrete characteristics – parallel to the miracle of Israel, the dream that has become reality. Although not a commercial success, its importance is beyond any measure, though it remains a unique experiment, boldly uncommercial and subversive, out of any context in that patriotic, ideological epoch.

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Released
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Language
Hebrew

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Uri Zohar

Writers

Amos Kenan

Produced in

Israel

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Still from Hole in the Moon

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical1 Jan 1964

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Hole in the Moon was released on 1 January 1964.

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