No Name Restaurant

Ticket includes film and admission to the MJFF Closing Event Reception.

Alexandria, Egypt. To save the synagogue of the once largest Jewish community in the world from being shut down, Ben, an ultra-Orthodox Brooklyn Jew visiting Jerusalem, is sent out to be the desperately needed tenth man for the ceremonies of Pesach. Having missed his plane and been kicked off the bus in the Sinai Desert, his last hope is Adel, a grumpy Bedouin looking for his camel. When their car breaks down, it becomes a matter of their very survival. Although rescued by the monks of St. Catherine, Ben is too sick to go on. It is the Bedouin disguised as Ben who is now rushing on towards Alexandria to save the Jewish community. Shot in Jerusalem, Haifa, Wadi Rum (Jordan), Palestine.

Sunday, March 9, 2:00 p.m. – Portland Museum of Art

2:00 p.m. Screening

4:00 p.m. Closing reception

Winner, Building Bridges Jury Award | Atlanta Jewish Film Festival 2024

Winner, One Future Prize | Munich Film Festival 2023

​Winner, Best Production | Bavarian Film Awards 2023

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