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Yana's Friends
Directed by
Arik Kaplun
Not Rated
1999
90m
Comedy
,
Romance
,
and more
7.1
100%
72%
5.8
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Three parallel strories of immigrants in Tel Aviv during the Gulf War and about coming together while sealed in a room during the Scud attacks.
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Where to Watch Yana's Friends
Hoopla
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Chai Flicks
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Cast of Yana's Friends
Evelyn Kaplun
Yana
Nir Levy
Ely
Mosko Alkalai
Yitzhak
Vladimir Friedman
Alik
Israel Damidov
Fima
Arik Kaplun
Director / Writer
Semyon Vinokur
Writer
Yana's Friends Ratings & Reviews
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
The movie won 10 Israeli Academy Awards and prizes at various film festivals. It's easy to see why.
One Guy's Opinion
Frank Swietek
A small, rather unfinished gem of a movie, but one that shines rather brightly nonetheless.
San Francisco Examiner
Joe Leydon
Yana's Friends isn't a black comedy, strictly speaking. But it somehow manages to find a surprising amount of humor in deadly serious and even potentially tragic situations.
TheMovieChicks.com
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
Lots of charm and likeable characters add up to a delightful movie.
Dallas Morning News
Jane Sumner
Warm, bittersweet and charming.
Oregonian
Marc Mohan
Refreshing.
Boston Globe
Damon Smith
A tender, spirited look at love and community in the midst of war.
Miami Herald
Marta Barber
It is heartwarming and often funny, but in its lightness somehow misses the mark.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Carrie Rickey
The film eloquently persuades us that it is better to laugh than cry and better to make love than war, messages that never go out of date.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Sean Axmaker
Sweet, sexy, and unexpectedly enchanting, "Yana's Friends" is the little feel-good comedy that could.
Boxoffice Magazine
Rachel Deahl
Amusing with one unforgettable gag, Kaplun's film does a passable job of portraying the hardships endured by immigrants but is more notable for placing a light-hearted tale in a decidedly heavy time and place.
IFilm
Dave White
You aren't separated from these people even if they do live thousands of miles away.
New Times
Luke Y. Thompson
An accomplished debut with heart, war and sex.
Observer
Andrew Sarris
I never imagined that Yana's Friends would one day turn out to be so timely for all New Yorkers -- and indeed, all Americans.
Spirituality & Practice
Mary Ann Brussat
An appealing Israeli film about the resiliency needed by a small band of Russian immigrants to survive in difficult times.
New York Post
Jonathan Foreman
One of the best date movies to come out in months.
New York Times
Lawrence Van Gelder
Slight though it may be, Yana's Friends is life-affirming and filled with comic spirit that erupts even at the worst of times.
Village Voice
Amy Taubin
Kaplun's smart, scrappy romantic comedy Yana's Friends displays an insouciance rarely found in Israeli film.
eye WEEKLY
Jason Anderson
[Yana's] understated optimism and enjoyment of life gives the film much of its vitality.
San Francisco Chronicle
Peter Stack
A warm humanity washes over this lovely film, whose message is that gestures of love, however small or awkward, are crucial to the complicated art of survival.
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