Film

The Appointed

1990 · 1h 34m · Drama · Fantasy

IMDb

6.4

Shmaya (Shuli Rand), a small-time magician whose career consists of gigs at local venues in the north of Israel, meets Oshra (Ronit Elkabetz) at one of his shows, who possesses genuine mystical powers. Shmaya makes Oshra part of his act and together, they perform real-life feats of magic and miracles before their slack-jawed audiences. Meanwhile, Shmaya’s father – a holy man with his own loyal following, is dying. He asks his followers to bring him his estranged son, so that he can take his place after his death and lead their community. Shmaya does just that and goes on to become a spiritual leader. However, his ongoing attraction to Oshra is now on a collision course with his new calling.

Shuli Rand

Shemya Ben-David

Ronit Elkabetz

Oshra

Tzvi Shissel

Manager

Shabtai Konorti

Uzia

Reuven Dayan

Head of Municipality

Yitzhak Ne'eman

The opponent

David Danino

Michael

• Daniel WachsmannDirector · Writer
• Enrique RottenbergProducer
• Ehud BleibergProducer
• Zohar M. SelaEditor

Release date

March 25, 1990

Status

Released

Original language

Hebrew

Runtime

1h 34m

Genres

Drama, Fantasy