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Directed by | Ronit Elkabetz Shlomi Elkabetz |
Produced by | Guy Jacoel Yochanan Kredo Elie Meirovitz Eylon Ratzkovsky Jean-Philippe Reza Yossi Uzrad |
Written by | Ronit Elkabetz Shlomi Elkabetz |
Starring | Ronit Elkabetz Albert Iluz Yaël Abecassis Simon Abkarian Hana Laszlo Moshe Ivgy Keren Mor Alon Aboutboul |
Music by | Michel Korb Sergio Leonardi |
Cinematography | Yaron Scharf |
Editing by | Joel Alexis |
Distributed by | Les Films du Losange |
Release date(s) | 2 July 2008(France) 25 September 2008 (Israel) |
Running time | 103 minutes |
Country | Israel |
Language | French Hebrew Arabic |
Shiva is a 2008 Israeli drama film, also known by its English title as 7 Days, by Ronit Elkabetz and Shlomi Elkabetz. It is the second feature to be directed by the siblings, following 2004's To Take a Wife.
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For seven days a large family of Moroccan descent observes the Jewish mourning ritual of Shiva when a brother dies. Living together again reveals many tensions and conflicts between family members. Amidst the tensions, the Gulf War rages in the background.[1][2][3]
The Jerusalem Post described it as a "beautifully acted, carefully thought out and heartfelt story".[4]