She lived in Cairo, Paris, and New York, but died in an old-age home in Givatayim, Israel. She was charismatic and admired, but only a few people actually knew her well during her life. She was the first to write of Levantine and Mizrachi identities, Director Rafael Balulu goes on a journey in the footsteps of “Levantine thinker” and author, and through encounters with her friends in Paris, with intellectuals in the Mizrachi discourse, and with Levantine artists, he not only draws a portrait of this impressive thinker and writer, but also chronicles the trajectory of Levantine identity in Israel as a cultural option.
Rafael Balulu
Director, Writer
Jacqueline Kahanoff
Self (archive footage)
Benny Ziffer
Self
Nissim Calderon
Self
David Ohana
Self
Eyal Sagui Bezawe
Self
Laura d'Amade
Self
Sara Rifin
Self
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