Alligator

22 year old Ilana lives with her mother in an old apartment in the center of Tel Aviv. Every conversation between the two turns into a quarrel that makes Ilana run off. Wandering the ruthless, dark streets, Ilana seeks human closeness and intimacy.
Israel 2009, Dana Goldberg, ca. 20 min, HDCAM, Hebrew with Engl. subtitles

Ilana Hadas Mordel | The Mother Razia Israely | Prostitute Tamara Klingon | Guy at the Bar Eli Menashe | Pimp Elad Sharabi | Neighbor Nadia Kucher | Taxi Driver Yaron Ben Menachem | Vera  Alice Kroytor | Director, Screenwriter & Producer Dana Goldberg | Director of Photography Asi Oren | Executive Producer Michal Weits | Editor Hadara Oren | Original Music Karni Postel 

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Subjects: Urbanity, Women, Loneliness, Tel Aviv, Israel, Violence, Lesbian