Levana Finkelstein

Levana Finkelstein

Born: September 21, 1947
in Sofia, Bulgaria

Movies for Levana Finkelstein...

Let the Party Begin
Title: Let the Party Begin
Released: May 18, 2023
Type: Movie
After winning the best film award at the Cannes Film Festival, the legendary film producer - Yonatan Harel, is facing bankruptcy due to a chain of anomalies in the film budgets and investors who withdrew their investment due to the Corona virus. Jonathan tries to survive and save his life, with the help of his lawyer and close friend. On the occasion of winning the Cannes Orit festival, his wife throws him a surprise party and invites the entire film industry, and the professionals he worked with: Gadi Harush, the legendary actor and borderline personality, and the stars of his winning film, Eli Gold and Dafna. Jonathan decides to monitor the entire house with cameras and what he discovers will be beyond his wildest imagination.
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Silent
Title: Silent
Character: Mother
Released: November 1, 2022
Type: Movie
The life of Avihao (Morris Cohen), a television personality with an excessively big mouth, is getting more and more complicated: his mother Sarah (Levna Finkelstein) stopped talking, fell into complete silence and his father does not understand why. Aviv (Oshari Cohen), his beloved former student, unexpectedly becomes the leading candidate in the prime ministerial elections even though no one knows what he has to say. He doesn't give interviews, doesn't talk, doesn't give speeches - he just stays silent all the way to victory, a silence that challenges Avihao to the point of risking his career and his family.
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The Israeli Boys
Title: The Israeli Boys
Character: Ronit
Released: February 6, 2020
Type: Movie
Secrets, lies, surprises and more are explored in this rich selection of gay short films from Israel. The 6 short films are: Three (2018); A Trip to the Desert (2016); Rubber Dolphin (2018); Stav (2018); After His Death (2017); Leave of Absence (2016).
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After His Death
Title: After His Death
Character: Ronit
Released: September 16, 2017
Type: Movie
After the death of her father, Ayelet discovers that he had an affair with a man. Ayelet confronts her mother, and discovers that she knew about it. Ayelet decides to invite her father's lover to his grave, despite her mother's opinion.
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The Kind Words
Title: The Kind Words
Released: May 28, 2015
Type: Movie
Follows three brothers who are going to discover the greatest secret of their late mother. This trip is going to change their lives.
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The Farewell Party
Title: The Farewell Party
Character: Levana (as Levana Finkelshtein)
Released: September 3, 2014
Type: Movie
A group of friends at a Jerusalem retirement home build a machine for self-euthanasia in order to help their terminally ill friend. When rumors of the machine begin to spread, more and more people ask for their help, and the friends are faced with an emotional dilemma
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Valley Of Strength
Title: Valley Of Strength
Character: Riva
Released: July 13, 2012
Type: Movie
The story of “Gei Oni” is an historical epic which interweaves the story of the first wave of Jewish European migration to Palestine, at the end of the 19th century, with an unusual love story between Fania, a young Russian immigrant, and Yechiel, a native Jew. Seventeen-year-old Fania, her baby daughter, her elderly uncle, and her emotionally impaired brother arrive at the port of Jaffa, having survived a pogrom in which all other members of their family were killed. Having no real choice, Fania marries Yechiel, a widower whose wife died of malaria, leaving him to care for their two children himself. The two set out to a small settlement near Safed, where Yechiel and a few other daring settlers are trying to cultivate the barren lands which they bought from local Arabs. Fania is burdened by a harrowing secret she is unable to share with anyone else. but unless her husband Yechiel shares her secret, their marriage cannot be consummated.
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A Matter of Size
Title: A Matter of Size
Character: Mona Mesika
Released: April 27, 2009
Type: Movie
Four overweight friends from the Israeli city of Ramle are fed up of dieting and the dieting club they belong to. When Herzl (155 kilos), the main protagonist, loses his job as a cook and starts working as a dishwasher in a Japanese restaurant in Ramle he discovers the world of Sumo where large people such as himself are honored and appreciated. Through Kitano (60 kilos), the restaurant owner, a former Sumo coach in Japan (who is supposedly hiding from the Yakuza in Israel), he falls in love with a sport involving "two fatsos in diapers and girly hairdos". Herzl wants Kitano to be their coach but Kitano is reluctant - they first have to earn their spurs. "A MATTER OF SIZE" is a comedy about a ‘coming out’ of a different kind - overweight people learning to accept themselves.
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Title: Ramzor
Character: Yaffa
Released: March 24, 2008
Type: TV
3 middle aged men in a conflict with life about their wives, friends, children and everyday situations.
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The Little Traitor
Title: The Little Traitor
Character: Grandma Tykocinski
Released: September 1, 2007
Type: Movie
Based on the novel "Panther in the Basement" by the world-renowned author, Amos Oz, the movie takes place in Palestine in 1947, just a few months before Israel becomes a state. Proffy Liebowitz, a militant yet sensitive eleven year old wants nothing more than for the occupying British to get the hell out of his land.
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Aviva, My Love
Title: Aviva, My Love
Character: Violette
Released: July 27, 2006
Type: Movie
Aviva, a hard-working hotel cook in the small northern Israeli town of Tiberias, is on the brink of finally fulfilling her lifelong dream. For years she kept her remarkable writing abilities under wraps, until her sister, Anita, introduces her to Oded, an accomplished novelist. Immediately recognizing Aviva's talent, Oded takes her under his wing, promising to help her achieve greatness. But the journey to greatness effects her life and the lives of her family - her unemployed husband, her trouble children, her unstable mother, and primarily her sister, a funny and sensitive woman who have her own dreams. When Aviva discovered that Oded has other plans for her work, her world collapses.
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The Russian Specialist
Title: The Russian Specialist
Character: Mary Abramoff
Released: November 2, 2005
Type: Movie
A Russian ex-hit man is called back to Russia for one last job. This time against his former employees, the Russian mob.
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Diana’s Child
Title: Diana’s Child
Released: January 1, 2005
Type: Movie
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Jewish Vendetta
Title: Jewish Vendetta
Released: January 21, 1999
Type: Movie
Russian immigrant Natan finds out that his wife had an affair with his best friend. He travels to Russia intending to kill his friend and regain his honor, but his son and the local “mafia” bring it all to a romantic end.
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Dreams of Innocence
Title: Dreams of Innocence
Released: December 8, 1998
Type: Movie
Little Benjamin and Margalit are raised in the boondocks of Israel by their long-suffering mother, but they have in them something of their father, who can't stay in a place with no prospect of riches and excitement.
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Women
Title: Women
Released: January 2, 1996
Type: Movie
Love, family expectations, and religion mix in 19th century Jerusalem. Jacob and Rebecca marry; he's a rabbi, she's dutiful and loving. But she has no children. Months become years. Although Jacob is content, his mother reminds everyone she is waiting for a grandson. After 15 years, Rebecca determines that Jacob must take an additional wife, the young and beautiful Sultana. Rebecca fasts and prays, and in a state of near ecstasy, persuades everyone involved and then arranges an elaborate wedding. However, Sultana does not conceive, and Rebecca watches helplessly as Jacob's affection shifts to Sultana. She's near madness and the household is in turmoil. What can Rebecca do now?
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Aya: Imagined Autobiography
Title: Aya: Imagined Autobiography
Released: January 2, 1994
Type: Movie
Aya is a woman who, since early childhood, has been driven by her father's ambition to see her become successful. Now she is shooting a film and fragments of dreams and fantasy alternate with reality.
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The War After
Title: The War After
Released: May 23, 1991
Type: Movie
A story of an army colonel who is fighting the accusations in committing war crime but his only witness is comatose in the hospital.
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A Thousand and One Wives
Title: A Thousand and One Wives
Released: February 14, 1989
Type: Movie
The Bukharan neighborhood of Jerusalem in the 1920s Naftali is a wealthy trader and a middle-aged widow whose all his former wives have mysteriously passed away and he is afraid to remarry with a belief that he has a curse on him. The matchmaker presses and the old woman coaxes and finally carries Flora, a 24-year-old virgin, but not to infect her with a curse, he avoids any physical contact with her. The plot gets complicated when Flora gets hurt as a result of her relationship with the fabric merchant, and Naftali, who can't bear the shame, turns his anger on his young wife.
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Rockinghorse
Title: Rockinghorse
Released: January 2, 1978
Type: Movie
Ami Susetz, an Israeli artist, abandons his wife and daughter in New-York, and comes back to his home land after years of absence.
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Rocking Horse
Title: Rocking Horse
Released: January 1, 1978
Type: Movie
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Tzanani Family
Title: Tzanani Family
Character: Ziona 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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I Love You Rosa
Title: I Love You Rosa
Character: Jamila
Released: February 12, 1972
Type: Movie
This story centers on the Jewish practice that requires an unmarried brother to marry the childless widow of his dead brother. In this story the younger brother is only 12 years old when his brother dies. The requirement is avoided by a legal fiction, but as time passes in the story, the situation changes.
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My Margo
Title: My Margo
Character: Margo
Released: January 1, 1969
Type: Movie
A love story between two people from different cultures and the relatives who manage to separate them until the lovers again find each other.