Kedma (2002)

Name: Kedma
Rating: 3.4

3.4 of 5 from 45 ratings

1h 40min

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An Official Selection at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival, 'Kedma' is renowned Israeli filmmaker Amos Gitai's powerful drama about a group of European Jewish refugees who arrive at Palestine in the critical year of 1948. Carried on the deck of the freighter Kedma, they come ashore to find not the Promised Land of milk and honey but a war torn desert in the bloody throes of transformation into the state of Israel. Rescued from a British army ambush at beachside by Palmach Jewish guerillas, the Kedma's ragged refugees are remade into soldiers expected to offer their lives to defend a nation that does not yet exist in a land they've never known.
"Forget about the past if you want to survive" declares Rosa, a Russian Jew who endured Siberian imprisonment. With no common language and only the clothes on their backs, Rosa, Yiddish speaking teenager Menachem, and Lodz ghetto escapee Janusz form a desperate fellowship as they follow their rescuers into battle. The chaos of a war for independence may be the only thing that can at last sever the ties that bind the Kedma's passengers to the tragic memories of a Europe they will likely never be seen again.
Actors:: Andrei Kashkar, Helena Yaralova, Yussuf Abu-Warda, Moni Moshonov, Juliano Mer-Khamis, Menachem Lang, Sendi Bar, Tomer Russo, Liron Levo, Roman Hazanowski, Dalia Shachaf, Keren Ben Rafael, Sasha Chernichovsky, Rawda Suleiman, Gal Altschuler
Directors:: Amos Gitai
Writers:: Amos Gitai, Mordechai Goldhecht
Genres:: Drama
Countries:: Israel