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Or (2004)

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Summary: Or shoulders a lot: she's 17 or 18, a student, works evenings at a restaurant, recycles cans and bottles for cash, and tries to keep her mother Ruthie from returning to streetwalking in Tel Aviv. Ruthie calls Or "my treasure," but Ruthie is a burden. She's just out of hospital, weak, and Or has found her a job as a house cleaner. The call of the quick money on the street is tough for Ruthie to ignore. Or's emotions roil further when the mother of the youth she's in love with comes to the flat to warn her off. With love fading and Ruthie perhaps beyond help, Or's choices narrow. (imdb)
AKA: My Treasure
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Israel
Directed By: Keren Yedaya
More information at the Internet Movie Database
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na wearhats
65
 T3
na SlantMag
25
 T7
"When the director fails to conflate the film's sexual unease with larger social issues, Or (My Treasure's sexual paranoia begins to reek of exploitation." - Ed Gonzalez
na vsls
80
 T9
na imdb
74
 T9
na RNG
4
 T1
na salty dog
69
 T6
na jormungand
66
 T4
na SheWas
21
 T3
na Meta Critic
64
 T7
na elmakebabi
52
 T3
na NRM01
66
 T8
na bigloser
55
 T1
na burhenn
70
 T4
na oferlieb
99
 T10
na akd
20
 T1
na ethanjorg
60
 T7
na gelfling
20
 T1
na amanohyo
50
 T5
na unforgiven
85
 T6
na penguin
40
 T2
na HarryTuttle
72
 T4
na spookyjon
33
 T2
na champura
92
 T9
na Tootpadu
54
 T4
na FitFortDanga
81
 T8
Dana Ivgy is wonderful as Or, a teenager trying to help her mother get out of the prostitution business. The acting is extremely naturalistic, much like a Cassavetes film. The camera never moves, and the only cuts are to move to a new location (I only counted one exception, right at the end). It leaves the viewer feeling very voyeuristic, like a piece of furniture in the room. It's a story that you really want to keep watching and watching as you become more and more invested in the characters.
Average Tier 4.96 from 25 Rankings rss