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Sasson Gabai

Sasson Gabai

Israeli actor
November 24, 1947 (76 years old)

A Brother's Love

V.O.: La Femme de mon frère
Can. 2019. Dramatic comedy by Monia Chokri with Anne-Élisabeth Bossé, Patrick Hivon, Evelyne Brochu. A doctoral student in philosophy, who has a codependent relationship with her psychologist brother, is distraught when he falls in love with a gynecologist.
Runtime: 117 min.

The Other Story

V.O.: Sipur Acher
Isr. 2017. Drama by Avi Nesher with Yuval Segal, Joy Rieger, Sasson Gabai. A Jewish psychologist living in the United States returns to Jerusalem in the hope of dissuading his daughter from marrying an ultra-Orthodox musician.
Runtime: 117 min.

De douces paroles

V.O.: Hamilim Hatovot
Isr. 2015. Dramatic comedy by Shemi Zarhin with Rotem Zismann-Cohen, Assaf Ben-Shimon, Roy Assaf. After the death of their mother, a thirty-year-old woman from Jerusalem and her two brothers go to France in search of their biological father.
Runtime: 118 min.
Isr. 2014. Social drama by Ronit Elkabetz, Shlomi Elkabetz with Ronit Elkabetz, Simon Abkarian, Menashe Noy. An Israeli hairdresser living apart from her husband tries to convince three rabbinical judges to force him to grant her a divorce.
Runtime: 115 min.
Isr. 2013. Dramatic comedy by Reshef Levi with Moni Moshonov, Patrick Stewart, Sasson Gabai. In Jerusalem, a bullied teen, his grandfather and long lost uncle decide to solve their financial problems by robbing a bank.
Runtime: 107 min.

When Pigs Have Wings

V.O.: Le Cochon de Gaza
Fr. 2011. Dramatic comedy by Sylvain Estibal with Sasson Gabai, Baya Belal, Myriam Tekaïa. A Palestinian fisherman finds a pig in his nets and tries to use it to get out of his miserable reality.
Runtime: 99 min.
Fr. 2008. Comedy by Graham Guit with Gérard Depardieu, Fanny Ardant, Lior Ashkenazi. A Jewish gynecologist, urged on by his goyish wife, leaves Paris to return with her to Israel, but their journey is fraught with difficulties.
Runtime: 98 min.

The Band's Visit

V.O.: Bikur Ha-Tizmoret
Isr. 2007. Dramatic comedy by Eran Kolirin with Sasson Gabai, Ronit Elkabetz, Saleh Bakri. Visiting Israel, the members of an Egyptian band get lost and end up in a hut in the middle of the desert where a restaurant owner offers them hospitality.
Runtime: 87 min.
U.S. 2000. Thriller by Joseph Zito with Gary Daniels, Mike Norris, Bentley Mitchum.
Runtime: 93 min.

Escape

V.O.: Escape: Human Cargo
Runtime: 107 min.
U.S. 1988. Spy drama by John D. Hancock with Mariel Hemingway, Ben Cross, Sasson Gabai. An American spy working for Israeli forces plots to hijack a Soviet fighter jet.
Runtime: 105 min.
U.S. 1988. War drama by Peter McDonald with Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Marc de Jonge. An elite American soldier organizes an operation to free a friend who was captured by the Russians in Afghanistan.
Runtime: 102 min.

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