Film

April Fool

1989 · 1h 25m · Comedy

IMDb

4.5

A modern-day children’s fairy tale that is also a parody of prank films which, in 1980s Israel, were a highly popular film genre. In the magical land of Bubble Gum where all children’s dreams are made, live two princesses: the kind-hearted Tzipi (Tsippi Shavit) and her wicked sister, Pitzi (Seffy Rivlin). Every year on 1 April (April Fools’ Day), the princesses’ birthday, the two hold a prank competition amongst themselves, with the winner getting to rule the land of Bubble Gum for one year. Rounding off Shavit and Rivlin’s adventure and prank fest is a talking robot and a group of children including one Natasha Braunstein – who will go on to become US actor Natasha Lyonne of Orange is the New Black and Russian Doll fame.

Tsippi Shavit

Seffy Rivlin

Naftali Alter

Yigal Shilon

Natasha Lyonne

Uri Alter

Itay Bar-Levav Eran

Doron Eran

Eyal Levi

Ellen Mishli-Azagi

Menahem Zilberman

• Menahem ZilbermanDirector · Writer
• Doron EranProducer
• Haim MecklbergProducer
• Amnon SalomonDirector of Photography
• Yitzhak KlepterOriginal Music Composer
• Zion AvrahamianEditor

Release date

April 1, 1989

Status

Released

Original language

Hebrew

Runtime

1h 25m

Genres

Comedy