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Two views of the holy land.

Publication: National Catholic Reporter
Publication Date: 18-NOV-05 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Two views of the holy land.(MOVIES; Paradise Now; Ushpizin)(Movie Review)

Article Excerpt
The accidents of movie openings create a column that brings together two very different films from the Middle East--one Israeli, the other Palestinian--currently playing at the same New York theater. The first, Ushpizin (holy guests), is the pleasantest surprise of the year, winning best fill awards in Israel and successfully combining both good-natured humor and genuine religious feeling. Its protagonists are a poor, childless Hasidic husband and wife, Moshe and Malli Bellanga, who live in the insular Jerusalem neighborhood of Mea Shearim. They are played by Shuli Rand and Michal Bat Sheva Rand, themselves an Orthodox married couple. The Rands convey a contagious affection for each other, are stouter than their Hollywood versions would have been and shout out their prayers and complaints with immense conviction.

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