Alyah

Aliyah is a 2012 French drama film directed by . Plot Alex, a 27-year-old Jewish drug dealer who lives in Paris, plans to do his Aliyah and move to Israel for the chance of a better life. His brother, Isaac, keeps pestering him for money. During the course of a Shabbat dinner at their aunt's house, we learn they lack parental support. Alex's desire to move to Israel is not so much grown out of Zionism, but because nothing holds him back in France, in spite of his recent encounter with a gentile girl, Jeanne. The final scene highlights Israel's multicultural culture. Cast Pio Marmaï as Alex Raphaelson Cédric Kahn as Isaac Raphaelson Adèle Haenel as Jeanne Guillaume Gouix as Mathias Sarah Lepicard as Esther David Geselson as Nathan Olivier Desautel as Polo Jean-Marie Winling as The father Mar Sodupe as Anaëlle Aimé Vaucher as Gabriel Bertrand Constant as Claude Marion Picard as Rébecca Brigitte Jaques-Wajeman as The aunt Louise Roch as Lucie Zohar Wexler as Nadav Michaël Abiteboul as The shaliah Reception The film was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. It was also shown at the 2012 Haifa International Film Festival and the Cabourg Film Festival.