Jellyfish: Film Screening

Introduction and Discussion Led by Vered Weiss

Israel, Drama, 2007, 1 hr 18 min. | Directors: Shira Geffen, Etgar Keret

 

Meduzot (the Hebrew word for Jellyfish) tells the story of three very different Israeli women living in Tel Aviv whose intersecting stories weave an unlikely portrait of modern Israeli life. Batya, a catering waitress, takes in a young child apparently abandoned at a local beach. Batya is one of the servers at the wedding reception of Keren, a young bride who breaks her leg in trying to escape from a locked toilet stall, which ruins her chance at a romantic honeymoon in the Caribbean. One of the guests is Joy, a Philippine Caregiver attending the event with her employer, and who doesn't speak any Hebrew (she communicates mainly in English), and who is guilt-ridden after having left her young son behind in the Philippines

 

Winner of three Cannes Film Festival awards, including the prestigious Caméra d'Or, Jellyfish boasts 5 wins and 14 nominations.

 

Co-sponsors: College of Arts and Letters, James Madison College, College of Social Science, International Studies and Programs, Film Studies Program, and the Asian Studies Center