Sallah Shabati (Hebrew: סאלח שבתי) is a 1964 Israeli comedy film about the chaos of Israeli immigration and resettlement. This social satire placed the director Ephraim Kishon and producer Menahem Golan among the first Israeli filmmakers to achieve international success. It also introduced actor Chaim Topol (Fiddler on the Roof) to audiences worldwide.
The film's name, Sallah Shabati is a play on words; ostensibly a Yemenite Jewish name, it is also intended to evoke the phrase סליחה שבאתי, "sorry that I came". In earlier print versions of Kishon's short stories which were revised for the film, the character was known as Saadia Shabtai.Synopsis
Une famille sépharade débarque dans un camp de réfugiés en Israël en 1949. Le patriarche, un homme rustre et paresseux, tente par tous les moyens de gagner de l’argent et de trouver un logement. Mais les difficultés s’accumulent : la bureaucratie, le gouvernement, des politiciens corrompus, des ashkénazes, les responsables du kibboutz d’à côté, et sa fille à marier…
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