Presented by the Consulate General of Israel, this daylong program of Israeli features takes place Sunday, November 20, at the Highland Park Theatre, 445 Central, Highland Park. Tickets are $9, $45 for a package of six; all films are in Hebrew with subtitles. For more information call 312-297-4808 or 312-297-4803.
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Reviewing Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi (2003, 94 min.), Andrea Gronvall wrote, “Writer-director Shemi Zarhin seems to understand how a gifted and sensitive child might neglect his own needs to hold together a dysfunctional family; his title character, a brilliant Tel Aviv teen, is mistakenly classified as mentally challenged because his parents are too busy fighting to get him tested. This comedy is undermined by labored meet-cutes between Shlomi and a neighbor (Aya Koren of Yossi & Jagger), though Arieh Elias (James’ Journey to Jerusalem) steals a few scenes as the hero’s grandfather, who may be addled but still knows the score” (1:15 PM).
