Hello Goodbye
In this entertaining romantic comedy, French acting greats Gérard Depardieu and Fanny Ardant (
The Secrets) play Alain and Gisèle, a middle-aged Parisian couple who give up their enviable lifestyle and move to Israel in the hope of reawakening their Jewish identity.
The catalyst for this sea change is their only son's decision to marry a Catholic girl. The cultural obstacles they face threaten to force the couple apart as their upper-middle-class ambitions melt in the Middle-Eastern sun. Will Israeli culture bring them closer together or back into the reality they left behind?
Alain is promised a job, but when it falls through he is forced to find a new way to make a living. Meanwhile, Gisèle, a dedicated convert to Judaism, falls in love with Israel and its people, developing a close friendship with a handsome rabbi (Lior Ashkenazi from
Walk on Water).
This is a charming and at times hilarious story of spontaneous adventures during a mid-life crisis.
