Endlessly witty, visually rapturous, and sweetly romantic, MATCHMAKING
is a Romeo and Juliet-like saga (sans the tragedy!) of two young, eligible
ultra-Orthodox singles looking for a match.
Moti (Amit Rahav from the Netflix international hit Unorthodox)
spots Nechama (Liana Ayoun in a breakthrough performance), his
sister's friend, and is instantly smitten, but isn't allowed to date the
charming, beautiful young woman because she doesn't come from an Ashkenazi
(European origin) family like his own, but rather comes from a Mizrahi (Middle
Eastern origin) family. Over the course of time, Moti is sent on a whirlwind of
dates with beautiful girls in the Orthodox community, but against everything he
knows, he finds he must pursue his one true love, Nechama.
A joyous tale about tolerance and love, Matchmaking is
Israel's biggest box office hit of the year and is full of hijinks, jokes, and
slapstick humor thanks to matchmaker Malki (Irit Kaplan from
the beloved Israeli show The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem and Academy
Award entry Foxtrot) and her deputy, Baruch (Maor
Schwitzer from the internationally acclaimed show Shtisel),
along with plenty of one-liners about spicy salads and noodle kugels, with a
heavy dose of Yiddish sprinkled into the Hebrew script.
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR:
Erez Tadmor is one of Israel's most renowned contemporary
filmmakers, winning over 40 international prizes, including at the Sundance
Film Festival, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, and Jerusalem Film
Festival. His films include the acclaimed dramas A Matter of Size
(2009), Magic Men (2014), Wounded Land (2015), and The
Art of Waiting (2019).