Jaffa (2009 film)
Jaffa alternative name in Hebrew transliteration Kalat Hayam, in Arabic transliteration Arous el Bahr both Hebrew and Arabic meaning the bride of the sea is a 2009 Israeli film directed by Keren Yedaya. A joint Israeli, French and German production, it was given a special screening at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.
The couples daughter Mali Wolf Dana Ivgy has secretly fallen in love with her childhood friend, the young Toufik newcomer Mahmud Shalaby, a hardworking youth who has come as a helping hand to his IsraeliArab father Hassan, a longtime mechanic working for Reuven. Meanwhile Reuvens son Meir Roy Assaf resents working in the garage and furthermore resents the presence of Arab Palestinian Toufik and bullies him around.In a most tragic night, everybodys life is changed. Meir and his mother have a grave argument and she throws him out. Next morning, a crisis erupts between Meir and Toufik with the latter fatally injuring Meir in an unfortunate accident. This cancels the plan the already pregnant Mali and her lover Toufik had made to elope. Although she decides to have an abortion so as not to have a baby from her brothers killer, she eventually decides to keep the baby concealing that the child is from Toufik, and the devastated Wolf family moves to Ramat Gan. ........
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