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Zion and His Brother is a 2009 French-Israeli drama film starring Reuven Badalov and Ronit Elkabetz. The film, directed by Eran Merav premiered on 17 January 2009 at the Sundance Film Festival.

Zion and His Brother
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Directed by	Eran Merav
Written by	Eran Merav
Produced by	Assaf Amir Charles Gillibert Marin Karmitz Nathanaël Karmitz Talia Kleinhendler Thomas Springer Helmut Weber
Starring	Reuven Badalov Ronit Elkabetz
Cinematography	Itzik Portal
Music by	Blake Williams Mary Lago Williams
Production companies	EZ Films K5 Film United Channel Movies
Distributed by	Regent Releasing Cinemax MK2 Diffusion
Release date	August 5, 2009 (2009-08-05)
Running time	84 minutes
Countries	Israel France
Language	Hebrew

Plot synopsis

Amidst the circumstances of an absent father and a single mother busy making ends meet and satisfying her boyfriend, the oldest son Meir takes care of his younger brother, Zion and they evident have an inseparable powerful bond. Meirs is there to handle the situation when Zion confesses that a schoolmate has stolen his soccer sneakers. Yet things unravel when the thief seeks a reprisal, and soon Zion understands he's complicit in a secret only he and Meir share. This pressure and Meir's clashes with their mother's boyfriend leave the fraternal allegiance in disarray.[1]

Cast

• Reuven Badalov as Zion
• Ronit Elkabetz as Mother
• Tzahi Grad as Eli
• Zidane Awad as the cousin
• Ofer Hayun as Meir

Awards and nominations

Ghent International Film Festival

• Best Screenplay - Eran Merav (won)
• Best Film - Eran Merav (nomination)

Sundance Film Festival

• World cinema - dramatic - Eran Merav (nomination)

References

External links

• Zion and His Brother at IMDb

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