Watch: מקום בגן עדן 2013 123movies, Full Movie Online – A young officer returns to his base after a daring mission. The cook’s assistant, a religious Holocaust survivor, is envious of him. He believes that there is a place in heaven reserved for the brave officer who endangers his life for the sake of his Jewish brethren. The officer, in the spirit of the Zionist ethos, is secular and a non-believer. At the moment, he is so hungry that, for a plate of shaksuka, he is prepared to sign a contract transferring his secured place in heaven to the cook. Some forty years later, the present time of the movie, the tables have turned – the officer, now a retired general, is on his death bed in the hospital. His son who, to his father’s horror, has found religion, is in a race against time. Before his father dies, he has to find that cook’s assistant who, forty years earlier, bought his place in heaven. If and when he finds him, the son has to nullify the contract. If he doesn’t, his father will go to hell..
Plot: A young officer returns to his base after a daring mission. The cook’s assistant, a religious Holocaust survivor, is envious of him. He believes that there is a place in heaven reserved for the brave officer who endangers his life for the sake of his Jewish brethren. The officer, in the spirit of the Zionist ethos, is secular and a non-believer. At the moment, he is so hungry that, for a plate of shaksuka, he is prepared to sign a contract transferring his secured place in heaven to the cook. Some forty years later, the present time of the movie, the tables have turned – the officer, now a retired general, is on his death bed in the hospital. His son who, to his father’s horror, has found religion, is in a race against time. Before his father dies, he has to find that cook’s assistant who, forty years earlier, bought his place in heaven. If and when he finds him, the son has to nullify the contract. If he doesn’t, his father will go to hell.
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A Modern-Time Mythology
The film was screened at the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival. Right from the start there is a link to biblical mythology. The story-line is moving and captivating. It is intricate, and laced with traditions, the clash between the religious and non-religious people in Israel, complex family relations, soldiers in battle, as well as the place of the Russian immigrants in society.The story is about an Israeli Captain in the army who cares for his soldiers and is admired by them. But the hero makes a big mistake It is also a love story in which a war hero is willing to work for his loved-one’s father, doing dirty work, for a whole year, to get permission to marry her. The importance of the “Kaddish” prayer traditionally said by a son, or a male member of the family, and the fact that not carrying out an old man’s last request entails a punishment, gives the story a further mythological twist.
The performance of the main Character played by Alon Aboutboul was superb. In fact the whole cast gave a good performance from start to finish.
Madmony swings hard, and connects
Because all Israeli movies must contend with low budgets, Israeli cinema tends to tell stories on a small scale. In contrast, A PLACE IN HEAVEN tries to attain a mythic scope in telling a modern story with Biblical echoes (rather like EAST OF EDEN), and surprisingly it succeeds. It can’t incorporate a whole battlefront, but it manages to make one tank suffice. It uses vistas of open country to great advantage. It uses a generous roster of minor characters to suggest a richly conceived universe in which the story resonates. It shows action that spills past the edges of the screen. It has a script that unashamedly tackles big themes of generational continuity and karma, and actors who can sell the script. Madmony makes it all work without seeming affected, except maybe when he toys with turning the picture upside down.
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Director Yossi Madmoni
Writer Yossi Madmoni
Actors Alon Aboutboul, Tom Graziani, Rotem Zissman-Cohen
Country Israel
Awards 11 nominations
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