Movies and TvShows featuring "speaking-hebrew" theme.

A man named Alex lives in Paris and finds himself at a crossroads in his life. He meets a woman named Jeanne and instantly falls in love, but their relationship is complicated by his involvement in cocaine smuggling. As Alex grapples with his love for Jeanne and the dangerous world he's become a part of, he must make a decision that will change his life forever.

For centuries, Hebrew was a sacred language, a written language of prayer and scripture. But today it is also the language of everyday life in Israel. Nurith Aviv, Israeli writers, musicians, actors and a Rabbi/philosopher from varying countries and ethnic backgrounds discuss the relationship between their mother tongues and Hebrew. Featuring: Aharon Appelfeld, acclaimed for his literary explorations of the Holocaust; actress Jenya (Evgenya) Dodina; Rabbi and philosopher Daniel Epstein; poet Salma-n Musa-lahah; poet and translator Agi Mishol; singer Amal Murkus; poet and Professor of Jewish Thought Haviva Pedaya; and Meir Wieseltier, a member of the early Sixties "Tel Aviv Poets" group.

Akerman spends a brief period on her own in an apartment by the sea in Tel Aviv. She films from the apartment and in her narration she talks about her family, her Jewish identity and her childhood. She wonders whether normal everyday life is possible in this place and whether filming is a realistic option.

Grevillea follows the story of two brothers, one a talented tattooist and the other a Jewish man, as they navigate the gritty underworld of crime and prison life in Australia. Their bond is tested as they struggle to survive in a world filled with ambiguity, bloodshed, and metaphoric titles. With an ambiguous ending, the film explores themes of identity, family, and the consequences of one's choices.

At the beginning of the 20th century, a language war raged in Palestine. The contenders: Yiddish, Russian, French, German, English, and Hebrew, a language barely spoken for 2000 years. This feature film tells the dramatic life story of Eliezer Ben-Yehuda who championed the cause of modern Hebrew.