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Directed by | Oded Raz |
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Production company | Firma Films |
Distributed by | Netflix |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
Country | Israel |
Language | Hebrew |
Maktub is a 2017 Israeli comedy film directed by Oded Raz and co-written by Guy Amir and Hanan Savyon, the latter two also starring in it. The plot revolves around two gangsters, Steve (Hanan Savyon) and Chuma (Guy Amir). As the two racket protection money from a restaurant in Jerusalem, a terrorist attack kills everyone at the restaurant except them. Thankful for their survival, Steve and Chuma reevaluate what they do for a living, and they start using their connections in the criminal underworld to fulfill wishes they find at the Western Wall. [1] [2] [3]
Maktub was released on June 16, 2018.
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