Chaim Banai

Chaim Banai

Movies for Chaim Banai...

For My Father
Title: For My Father
Character: Rehavia
Released: June 13, 2008
Type: Movie
Two outcasts, a suicide bomber and an Israeli girl, fall in love during a desperate weekend in Tel Aviv.
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An American Citizen
Title: An American Citizen
Character: Amnon
Released: January 1, 1992
Type: Movie
An Israeli sports journalist befriends an American basketball pro playing in Israel. Although from very different backgrounds, their love for the game deepens their friendship. Each learns to value the other's culture.
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Held Hostage: The Sis and Jerry Levis Story
Title: Held Hostage: The Sis and Jerry Levis Story
Character: Ghannoum (as Haim Banai)
Released: January 13, 1991
Type: Movie
Based on the real-life experiences of Sis Levin, the wife of CNN Reporter Jerry Levin, who was taken hostage in Lebanon by Shiite Fundamentalists in 1984, and her struggle to free him.
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Programmed to Kill
Title: Programmed to Kill
Character: Racehorse
Released: April 5, 1987
Type: Movie
A middle eastern female terrorist is captured by the CIA in Greece, after an attack on a marketplace. Transported back to the USA, the terrorist undergoes an operation where she is transformed into a cybernetic killing machine. Now the CIA have a secret weapon to send back to the Middle East, but how long can they control her?
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The Ambassador
Title: The Ambassador
Character: Cafe Owner
Released: January 11, 1985
Type: Movie
An American ambassador to Israel tries to bring peace to the Middle East conflict through unconventional methods, but his efforts are hampered at every turn and his personal life threatened.
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Tzanani Family
Title: Tzanani Family
Character: Chanania Tzan'ani
Released: January 1, 1976
Type: Movie
One of the most loved Israeli comedy at all times. A Satiric comedy about a rival between Yemenite shoe seller and a Parsian shoe seller.
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Kazablan
Title: Kazablan
Released: July 7, 1973
Type: Movie
An adaptation of a popular Israeli stage musical. Kazablan is an army veteran turned gang leader in the Israeli port of Jaffa who masks his feelings of bitterness with a lot of bravado. He's sweet on Rachel, a young woman who lives with her father and stepmother. The budding relationship scandalizes the neighbors (not to mention Rachel's parents) and infuriates Yanush, a middle-aged shoe store owner who wants Rachel for himself. (Yanush feels he's entitled to marry Rachel since they're both Ashkenazi Jews of Eastern European origins, whereas Kazablan is a Sephardic Jew from Morocco.) The neighborhood has something else to worry about besides the antics of Kazablan and his gang: the city wants to tear down their crumbling homes. The residents pool their resources to save their houses, but the money that's collected is stolen. When he's jailed for the theft, Kazablan must find a way to clear himself.
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Madron
Title: Madron
Character: Sam Red (uncredited)
Released: December 1, 1970
Type: Movie
A nun, the only survivor of an Indian massacre of a wagon train, is taken in by a cantankerous old gunfighter.