Film

Valley Of Strength

2012

IMDb

7.0

The story of “Gei Oni” is an historical epic which interweaves the story of the first wave of Jewish European migration to Palestine, at the end of the 19th century, with an unusual love story between Fania, a young Russian immigrant, and Yechiel, a native Jew. Seventeen-year-old Fania, her baby daughter, her elderly uncle, and her emotionally impaired brother arrive at the port of Jaffa, having survived a pogrom in which all other members of their family were killed. Having no real choice, Fania marries Yechiel, a widower whose wife died of malaria, leaving him to care for their two children himself. The two set out to a small settlement near Safed, where Yechiel and a few other daring settlers are trying to cultivate the barren lands which they bought from local Arabs. Fania is burdened by a harrowing secret she is unable to share with anyone else. but unless her husband Yechiel shares her secret, their marriage cannot be consummated.

Tamar Alkan

Fania

Zion Ashkenazi

Yechiel

Lupo Berkowitch

Mr. Becker

Ya'ackov Bodo

Shura

Ezra Dagan

Isser

Meitar Cohen

Bella

Levana Finkelstein

Riva

Shimon Mimran

Rotem Zissman-Cohen

Rivka

• Dan WolmanDirector
• Ran AviadDirector of Photography

Release date

July 13, 2012

Status

Released

Original language

English