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Holy Lands
Directed byAmanda Sthers
Screenplay byAmanda Sthers
Based onLes Terres saintes
by Amanda Sthers
Produced byLaurent Bacri
Didier Lupfer
Alain Pancrazi
StarringJames Caan
Tom Hollander
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Rosanna Arquette
Efrat Dor
Patrick Bruel
CinematographyRegis Blondeau[1]
Edited byNadia Ben Rachid[1]
Music byGrégoire Hetzel
Distributed byStudioCanal

Release date

  • June 17, 2017 (2017-06-17) (United Kingdom)

Running time

100 minutes
CountriesFrance
Belgium
LanguageEnglish

Holy Lands is a 2017 French-Belgian comedy-drama film written and directed by Amanda Sthers and starring James Caan, Tom Hollander, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Rosanna Arquette, Efrat Dor and Patrick Bruel.[2][3] It is based on Sthers' novel Les Terres saintes.[1]

Plot[edit]

Facing a crossroads in life, American Jewish retired cardiologist Harry Rosenmerck leaves New York and his family with an unlikely plan to start a pig farm in Nazareth, causing the anger of local communities. His conflict with the town Rabbi, Moshe Cattan slowly turns into a friendship that leads him to reevaluate his relationship with his estranged family, including his difficult ex-wife, his 34-year-old student daughter, and his playwright son David. Through an emotional journey, this dysfunctional group will try to make their way back to each other, renewing ties when they all need it the most.

Cast[edit]

Production[edit]

The film was shot in Israel and Belgium.[4]

Reception[edit]

The film has a 30% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.[5] Christy LemireofRogerEbert.com awarded the film one and a half stars.[6] Trevor Johnston of Radio Times awarded the film two stars out of five.[7]

Accolades[edit]

The film won awards for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Cinematography at the Downtown Film Festival in Los Angeles in 2018.[8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Mintzer, Jordan (22 January 2019). "'Holy Lands': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  • ^ Simon, Scott (19 January 2019). "In 'Holy Lands,' A Tale Of Family Drama And Pig Farming In Israel". NPR. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  • ^ Silver, Steven (26 June 2019). "In 'Holy Lands,' James Caan plays a pig farmer in Israel". Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  • ^ Keslassy, Elsa (4 November 2017). "Amanda Sthers Teams With Studiocanal for 'Holy Lands' Starring James Caan (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  • ^ "Holy Lands". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  • ^ Lemire, Christy (21 June 2019). "Holy Lands". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  • ^ Johnston, Trevor. "Holy Lands". Radio Times. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  • ^ Brown, Hannah (25 June 2019). "James Caan stars as Israeli pig farmer in 'Holy Lands'". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
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