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This French-Israeli production is a story concerning a certain Shaul, a somewhat geeky computer support guy in a medical clinic who seems to be something of a dreamer. He takes the train from an unknown city to visit his father in Haifa. They have not seen each other in five years and he finds his father is into yoga, has a New Age spacey girlfriend, a daughter who is something of a handful, and an ex who is her daughter’s mother. After a contentious interchange with his family he slips at the fish market and ends up in the hospital. There he meets a woman and the two find themselves to be simpatico. The story is a bit strange and doubtless has a number of Israeli cultural references that passed over the reviewer’s head. Still, Shaul’s family seems like your normal dysfunctional contemporary family and the happy ending is nice. The sound for this is 5.1 Dolby surround and has a nice jazz soundtrack. There are some humorous scenes in the film, but the audience appeal for this may be limited.