THE UNORTHODOX | הבלתי רישמיים

About the Film
When Yakov Cohen’s daughter was expelled from school, he decided to establish a parallel social institution. He had no knowledge, no money, no connections, and no PR but he had the strong will to take action that would allow him and other Sephardic Jews to hold their heads up high. He brought two friends along, their operation was characteristic of the people they represented: not the suit-wearing types but with people working their way up from the bottom, informal, with love for their fellow man, a great sense of humor, and a whole lot of rage. They didn’t know how to play the political game: they made it all up as they went along and set out on one of the oddest, most surprising and moving election campaigns the country has ever known. Today, the Sfarad’s Guards political party– is an empire, an institution, even a brand with significant implications to society. Yaakov Cohen is still working at his printing house at the Bukharan Quarter in the heart of Jerusalem city.
- 2018 Opening Film – Jerusalem Film Festival
Film Details
Category: Feature
Running Time: 92 minutes
Country: Israel
Year: 2018
Language: Hebrew, Yiddish
With Subtitles
Premiere: Sneak Preview
Website: https://dorimedia.com/

Directors: Elian Malka
Screenwriter: Eliran Malka
Producer: Yehonathan Paran
Cinematography: Yaron Scharf
Editor: Arik Lahav Leibovitch
Original score: Ophir Leibovitch
Distributor:
Cast:
Yaakov Cohen: Shuli Rand
Rabbi Moshe Sharvit: Yaacov Cohen
Rabbi Toledano: Golan Azulai
Yigal Vaknin: Yoav Levi
Heli: Or Lumbrozo
Menachem Mozess: Tzahi Grad
The Chief Rabbi: Igal Naor
Yehudit: Shifi Aloni
SCREENINGS
Laemmle Ahrya Fine Arts, Beverly Hills | A Sneak Preview Spotlight Screening, Sponsored by the Spharadic Educational Center
Wednesday November 7, 2018 | 7:15
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