Film

When Night Falls

1985 · 1h 30m · Drama

IMDb

6.1

Rotten Tomatoes

40%

Giora (Assi Dayan) runs a bar and dreams of opening a restaurant. He has made a mess of his life — his marriage is in trouble, since he is pathologically cheating on his wife; his parents (Yosef Millo and Orna Porat) have separated; and his father arrives for an extended visit from Nahariya. Giora spends time with his army buddies, recalling their experiences during the War in Lebanon. His father is undergoing a major life crisis and finds both the loneliness of the city and his son's lifestyle unappealing. As a non-Jew in a Jewish society, he feels estranged, an outsider who has never been able to adapt, and contemplates suicide. Eventually, Giora's parents decide to attempt a reconciliation, until tragedy strikes.

Orna Porat

Ruth

Assi Dayan

Giora

Yosef Millo

Bernard

Dani Roth

Dudi

Haya Pik-Pardo

Sheri

Lasha Rosenberg

Karen

Amos Lavi

Gideon

Irit Sheleg

Bruria

Ilana Badash

Naami

Rafi Adar

Amnon

Shmuel Tenneh

Ido

Tamar Alon

Ezra Amar

Chai Arbeli

Rivka Ashkenazi

Hillel Bein

• Eitan GreenDirector · Writer
• Michael SharfsteinProducer
• Era LapidEditor

Release date

January 1, 1985

Status

Released

Original language

Hebrew

Runtime

1h 30m

Budget

$376,000

Genres

Drama