The Other Story

  • Archive - Festival 34
  • Director: Avi Nesher
  • Israel 2018
  • 112 minutes
  • Hebrew
  • Subtitles in English

Just like Avi Nesher’s previous masterpieces - Turn Left at the End of the World, The Secrets, The Matchmaker, and Past Life - the director, in a humorous, loving and very original fashion, explores the very heart of the Israeli matter.

In The Other Story, a willful young woman (Joy Rieger, Past Life) suddenly decides to marry a member of Jerusalem’s insular orthodox community (Nathan Goshen). Her divorced secular parents (Yuval Segal and Maya Dagan) and grandfather (Sasson Gabai, The Band’s Visit) connive a plot to thwart the upcoming nuptial, with unforeseen results.


  • Director Avi Nesher
  • Production David Silber, Avi Nesher, Moshe Edery, Leon Edery, David M. Milch
  • Script Avi Nesher, Noam Shpancer
  • Cinematography Michel Abramowicz
  • Editing Isaac Sehayek
  • Music Nathan Goshen, Cyrille Aufort
  • Sound Design Gil Toren, Graham Daniel
  • Festivals Toronto, Chicago
  • Actors Joy Rieger, Sasson Gabay, Maya Dagan, Yuval Segal, Nathan Goshen, Avigail Harari, Maayan Bloom.
  • Source Metro Communications, Artomas Communications, Mila Media