Film

The Holy Land

2001 · 1h 42m · Drama

IMDb

6.4

Rotten Tomatoes

52%

Metacritic

58

A coming-of-age saga set against the tense backdrop of Arab-Israeli politics. Mendy is a young Rabbinical student whose mind is too full of curiosity about the world that exists outside the restrictions of Orthodox Judaism. Recognizing his distraction, Mendy's teacher suggests that he visit a prostitute to get it out of his system. But on a fateful night, when he meets Sacha, a captivating Russian expatriate, who works in a Tel Aviv bordello, his appetite for outside experience only grows stronger.

Oren Rehany

Mendy

Tchelet Semel

Natasha "Sasha" Sonsova

Saul Stein

Mike

Albert Iluz

Razi

Aryeh Moskona

Alon Dahan

Mosko Alkalai

Liat Bein

Lupo Berkowitch

Icho Avital

Igor Mirkurbanov

• Eitan GorlinDirector · Writer
• Nils KenastonDirector of Photography
• Chris CunninghamOriginal Music Composer

Release date

April 4, 2001

Status

Released

Original language

Hebrew

Runtime

1h 42m

Genres

Drama