Like a Fish out of Water

When you fall in love with your Hebrew teacher

A romantic comedy about a new immigrant from Argentina and his relationship with his Hebrew teacher at the Absorption Center.

Marcelo is a non-religious young man, an actor and a single parent to his eleven years old daughter, Lucy. He`s desperately looking for someone to help him improve his Hebrew accent. So he can pass the auditions for an Israeli Soap Opera.

Anat, his religious teacher, is probably the best solution, but it seems that she hates soap operas, and is not so fond of her pupil either. In fact, she has her own problems: mainly her mother, Bruria, an energetic, not to say, pushy lady, frantically seeking a perfect match for her daughter who has, in her eyes, clearly passed the proper wedding age…

A film by Leonid Prudovsky

Awards:

Audience Award, Hong Kong Jewish Film Festival, 2006

Jury Citation, Girona International Film Festival
Besalu Competition, 2006

Festivals:

Alaska JFF - USA, 2008

Detroit JFF - USA, 2008

Dayton JFF - USA, 2008

Pioneer Valley JFF - USA, 2008

Miami Jewish Film Festival - USA, 2008

Staten Islands Jewish Film Festival - USA, 2008

Baltimore Jewish Film Festival - USA, 2007