Assi Dayan

A devious and ruthless film director who'd kill to get what he wants has no idea that his main ally has her own motives and is out to take him down.

In an Israeli penitentiary, a race war threatens to erupt between the two gangs. Jewish criminals, including drug users and rapists, are imprisoned next to Arab war criminals, and the hostility is only escalated by the interference of prison security, who frame the Arabs for the murder of a Jewish prisoner. The two rival camps -- headed by Israeli Uri (Arnon Zadock) and Arab Issan (Mohammed Bakri) -- decide to form an unlikely union that may or may not put a stop to the bloodshed.

This beautiful love story begins in Israel and travels to India, exploring its cultural beauty and religions traditions, all the while asking the question: "What is love?"

From Israel's most important filmaker, 'Carmel' is Amos Gitai's ('Kadosh',' Kippur') deeply personal and resonant meditation on Jewish and Israeli identity. Using both fiction and documentary techniques, Gitai links his family history to ancient history.