The Beetle                                                החיפושית

Saturday, March 14, 8:30 pm

JACK M. BARRACK HEBREW ACADEMY
JEWISH FEDERATION CAMPUS
272 S. BRYN MAWR AVENUE
BRYN MAWR, PA 19010

Hebrew/Arabic with English subtitles

Yishai Oren loves his wife and is overjoyed when she becomes pregnant. But Eliraz is adamant – Yishai's love for his clapped-out old Volkswagen Beetle is irrational, it's no family car and it has to go. There are millions of 'Beetlemaniacs' around the world and Yishai is one of them. He is determined to prove that his love for his car is not irrational. To prove his point, he tracks down all the previous owners of his VW and then, with his wife due to give birth within days, sets out for Jordan in the hope of finding a mechanic who will be willing to provide a quick, complete - and cheap - overhaul. We join the multi-award winning filmmaker on his extremely funny and touching road trip as he introduces us to the people, who owned, loved and even gave birth in his cherished car. Orian is reluctant to let go of the past, and he debates his options to repair or sell the car.

Israel  2008 -- 70 minutes

Director: Yishai Orian

Awards: Opening night film for Doc Aviv the prestigious documentary film festival in Tel Aviv. Winner of the Audience Laurel Award at the HotDocs Festival in Toronto

Tickets:

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$10 - General admission
$8 - Seniors
Free - College and High School students. Limited number of tickets available.
Free on-line reserved student tickets for this screening must be picked up by 7:30 pm at the box office, otherwise the reservation will expire.

On the day of the show, tickets will be available at the box office starting one hour before the screening.

Dessert Reception for entire audience following film.

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