Aliyah (2012 film)

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.[4][5][6] His brother, Isaac, keeps pestering him for money.[4][5] During the course of a Shabbat dinner at their aunt's house, we learn they lack parental support.[4] 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.[4][5][6] The final scene highlights Israel's multicultural culture.[4]

• 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

The film was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.[7][8] It was also shown at the 2012 Haifa International Film Festival and the Cabourg Film Festival.[9][10]

Variety reviewed the film favorably, suggesting the cast was "solid." and that the film deserve a "wider audience" than "Francophone arthouses and Jewish fests".[4] For Les Echos, it is "the best French film in a long time", as it shows many social classes in Paris, and admits the fact that Paris, as pretty as it is, has nothing left to offer.[5]

• Aliyah at IMDb