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Antarctica

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Set in Tel Aviv, focuses on an interconnected group of friends and their various relationships. At the center is the adorably bookish Omer, about to turn 30, who still hasn't found himself, and his free-spirited best friend Miki, who both end up inadvertently dating the same handsome journalist, Ronen.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 2008-01-01

Runtime: 112 mins

Director: Yair Hochner

Writer: Yair Hochner

Spoken language: Deutsch, עִבְרִית, English

Genres: Drama, Romance

Original title: Antarctica

Production Companies: Here! Films

Production Countries: Israel

Reviews

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Devoid of narrative thrust, the movie foists scene after boring scene of strangers going about their banal lives on you, and expects you to care even though it gives you no reason to. What are the stakes? Where is the friction? There is virtually no story here.
2018-06-19

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