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Metallic Blues

Scene from "Metallic Blues" (photo © Gemini Film)

Metallic Blues is a touching and amazing tragicomic road-movie, about two Israeli car dealers who risk it all in search of a better life, only to find out the most unexpected personal and historical truths. The opportunity of a lifetime has crossed paths with Shmuel and Siso; or so they think.

They invest US$5,000 in a vintage 1985 Lincoln Continental Limousine and plan to sell it in Germany for €50,000. They ship the car to Germany, and bring themselves and their dreams to Hamburg where their nightmare begins.

Meanwhile, Shmuel experiences a very disturbing hallucination. The family stories of the Holocaust are taking over his mind…

A film about friendship and reconciliation surrounded with the memories of the dark days in the history of Germany and Israel.

Danny Verete began his career as both a writer and director in 1981. He immediately received recognition for the 35-minute short Wall Within a City (1981). Verete teamed up with the director Daniel Waxman for Hammsin (1982). The film won an Israeli Oscar and Best Israeli Film of the Decade and numerous other awards abroad. His first feature film was Koko is 19 (1985). His second feature as a director, Yellow Asphalt (2000), was shown at several international festivals and won the Special Jury Prize in Cologne.

Genre Tragicomedy
Category Feature Film Cinema
Year of Production 2004
Director Danny Verete
Screenplay Danny Verete
Director of Photography Yoram Millo
Editor Rachel Yagil
Music by Michael Cusson, Jean-Pierre Bissonnette, Ismael Cordeiro, Marc Girard
Producers Danny Verete, Suzanne Girard, Klaus Rettig
Production Company BBR Verete Film/Srigim, in co-production with Gemini Film/Cologne, Telefilm Canada/Toronto
Principal Cast Avi Kushnir, Moshe Igvy
Length 90 min, 2,462 m
Format 35 mm, color, 1:1.85
Original Version English/Hebrew/German
Subtitled Versions English
Sound Technology Dolby Digital
Festival Screenings Jerusalem 2004, Montreal 2004, Vancouver 2004, Philadelphia 2005, Seattle 2005, Festroia 2005, Moscow 2005
Awards Best Screenplay & Best Actor Jerusalem 2004
With backing from FilmFoerderung Hamburg, Israeli Film Fund, Israeli Cable Television, Israeli Film Council

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