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Eddie King
Dir.: Gidi Dar | 92 minutes

Eddie King

Israel 1992 | 92 minutes | Hebrew

Eddie King, an unemployed actor, becomes involved in an attempt by an American tycoon to monopolize a TV channel. Gidi Dar's first feature length film blends local themes with various cinematic genres, and won a prestigious prize at the Locarno Film Festival. Eddie King marks the birth of a new generation in Israeli cinema, a generation of young filmmakers who are attempting to build an original local cinematic language.