tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3073255118091733889.post7186718502285045244..comments2024-02-28T03:32:20.155+02:00Comments on Israeli film & filmmakers - updates and analysis: Noodle by Ayelet MenachemiUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3073255118091733889.post-55455640832141861482009-07-13T17:33:01.253+03:002009-07-13T17:33:01.253+03:00We go to see Israeli films, screened at our local ...We go to see Israeli films, screened at our local JCC, as a gift to the community by the Jewish Federation of Delaware, no charge. So, we know most of the people in the audience. In fact, most are members of our shul. And the post-Noodle reaction of everyone we talked to was that Noodle is a film about the miraculous return of a Chinese boy to his migrant worker mother deported to Beijing brought about by the courageous Miri, a twice-widowed childless woman, learning to love again after a life of tragedies. But, I think Noodle is a film about two sisters, Miri and Gila. Yes, their relationship is only the subtext of the movie, but it's also the vehicle that the playwright uses to explain Miri's depression and isolation. The sisters' relationship is so complex, so real, weaving between anger and love, jealousy and humor, grief and acceptance. How I'd love to see how these two sisters go on with their lives! Maybe they can visit Noodle in Beijing for the next film.Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03810229516355269052noreply@blogger.com