None of the characters or situations truly manages to hold our attention, though there are some arresting moments, most notably involving Gabi and Hezi's vaguely sadomasochistic relationship.
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Utilizing a series of long, unbroken takes, the filmmaker depicts the comings and goings of the troubled working-class residents of the complex, including Schwartz (Yofef Carmon), an elderly Holocaust survivor who is cared for by his young Filipino housekeeper, Linda (Lyn Shiao Zamir) Ezra ( Uri Klauzner), the building contractor who lives outside the complex in a van with his illegal Chinese workers his ex-wife, Mali (Hanna Laslo), and her younger lover, Ilan (Liron Levo) Ezra and Mali's son, Eyal ( Amit Mestechkin), an army deserter Ronit ( Ronit Elkabetz), a high-strung female cop and the sexy Gabi (Yael Abecassis), whose stormy sexual sessions with her older, married lover, Hezi (Amos Lavie), prove a disturbance to the neighbors. The film is playing an exclusive theatrical engagement at New York's Cinema Village before expanding to other major cities in the coming weeks. "Alila" ultimately lacks the textural depth and emotional precision that marks the work of obvious influences here like Robert Altman, but it does offer a pungent slice of contemporary Israeli life that should prove resonant for audiences interested in the social complexities of the region. Cast: Marek Rozenbaum, Roni Kuban, Noa Koler, Ina Rosenberg, Natan Rosenberg, Ruth Farhi, Uri Klauzner, Sabina Rosenbeg. Kino International NEW YORK - This latest effort from prolific Israeli filmmaker Amos Gitai ("Kadosh", "Kippur") is a rambling, tapestrylike portrait of the lives of the disparate inhabitants of a run-down apartment complex outside Tel Aviv.