Or (My Treasure) (2004)

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A girl struggles not to make the same mistakes that have tainted her mother's life in this drama from Israel. Or (Dana Ivgy) is a high-school-age girl living in a small Tel Aviv apartment with her mother Ruthie (Ronit Elkabetz). Ruthie has spent most of her life working as a prostitute, but with her… More A girl struggles not to make the same mistakes that have tainted her mother's life in this drama from Israel. Or (Dana Ivgy) is a high-school-age girl living in a small Tel Aviv apartment with her mother Ruthie (Ronit Elkabetz). Ruthie has spent most of her life working as a prostitute, but with her health on the decline, Or has been forced to become the primary breadwinner in the household, washing dishes, cleaning an apartment building and collecting deposit bottles to help pay the rent when she's not busy with her studies. While Or has lined Ruthie up with a job as a domestic, Ruthie hates the work and finds herself drawn back into her life on the street, much to her daughter's displeasure. Meanwhile, Or has fallen in love with Ido (Meshar Cohen), a boy from her school, but Ido's mother knows what Ruthie does for a living, and doesn't approve of her son dating the daughter of a prostitute, especially as Or finds herself increasingly attracted to Ido. Or (My Treasure) was the first feature film from Israeli writer and director Keren Yedaya. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 40 min.
Directed By: Keren Yedaya
Genres: Art House & International, Drama

In Theaters: Jan 11, 2007 Wide
On DVD: Jan 3, 2006
Studio: Kino International

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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
Dramatically intense and relentlessly grim Israeli drama about the complex relationship between an aging prostitute and her teenage daughter.

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Cynthia S

This movie is seriously disturbing. I don't regret watching it, but it is really sad. It is a little slow and long, and almost uneventful. You feel that the subject and theme of the movie was put there at the beginning, and not a whole lot more progresses...except the inevitable… More
This movie is seriously disturbing. I don't regret watching it, but it is really sad. It is a little slow and long, and almost uneventful. You feel that the subject and theme of the movie was put there at the beginning, and not a whole lot more progresses...except the inevitable downward spiral at the very end.
Mark A

What a sad film about a girl forced to grow up and take responsibility for her self-destructive mom. Or (the beautiful Dana Ivgy) not only has to take care of herself, with little help from any responsible adult, but she also tries her best to keep mother, Ruthie (the talented Ronit… More
What a sad film about a girl forced to grow up and take responsibility for her self-destructive mom. Or (the beautiful Dana Ivgy) not only has to take care of herself, with little help from any responsible adult, but she also tries her best to keep mother, Ruthie (the talented Ronit Elkabetz), from going back out on the streets. We do not know how old Or is, but she probably isn't the eighteen year old she claims to be. This is not pretty, exposing the underbelly of Israeli society, but it does highlight the difficulty this kid faces in pulling herself up out of poverty. Gritty and realistic depiction of a young life about to follow the path that her mother is treading.