The Lookout
Directed bySavi Gabizon
Written bySavi Gabizon
Produced byJonathan Aroch
StarringShmuel Edelman
Moshe Ferster
Sharon Hacohen
Moshe Ivgy
Ezra Kafri
Keren Mor
CinematographyYoav Kosh
Edited byTali Helter-Shenkar
Music byLior Tevet
Production
company
Rosie Productions
Release date
  • 1990 (1990)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryIsrael
LanguageHebrew

The Lookout (Hebrew: שורו, translit. Shuroo) is a 1990 Israeli comedy film directed by Savi Gabizon. It stars Moshe Ivgy, Moshe Ferster, and Keren Mor. The film is about a "small-time con man who becomes a guru".[1] Critically acclaimed, it won the Ophir Award for Best Film and garnered numerous Best Actor awards for Ivgy at the Israeli Academy Awards and Haifa Film Festival.[2] It was submitted by Israel to the Academy Awards.

Plot

Asher Yeshuron (Moshe Ivgi), a failed businessman, lacks integrity but is charismatic, is trying to promote the sales of his book, "To Drive Out the Crow." His life changes when he was a guest on a TV show, after being deemed by a cult to be a spiritual leader. Inside the cult, there are betrayals, secrets, and passions. The film unfolds the story of people seen as typical Tel Avivians of the eighties and nineties.

Cast

  • Shmuel Edelman
  • Moshe Ferster as Moshe
  • Sharon Hacohen
  • Moshe Ivgy
  • Ezra Kafri
  • Keren Mor as Shimrit

Reception

The film was submitted by Israel for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 63rd Academy Awards, but was not selected.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Rubin, Barry (17 March 2015). The Middle East: A Guide to Politics, Economics, Society and Culture. Routledge. p. 458. ISBN 978-1-317-45578-3.
  2. ↑ Kronish, Amy; Safirman, Costel (2003). Israeli Film: A Reference Guide. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 193. ISBN 978-0-313-32144-3.
  3. ↑ "Academy Award submissions". The Hollywood Reporter. Indiana University: Wilkerson Daily Corporation. 319 (34–50). 1991.


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