Or (My Treasure) Mon trésor

by Keren Yedaya

France, Israel
2004
100 min
Hebrew
Feature film
Fiction
Color
35mm

Rétrospectives and Cartes Blanches 2022

Official synopsis

Ruthie and Or, her 17-year-old daughter, live in a small apartment in Tel Aviv. Ruthie has been a prostitute for twenty years. Or has already tried several times, without success, to get her off the street. Or's daily life is a never-ending succession of odd jobs: washing dishes in a restaurant, washing stairwells, collecting returnable bottles... all the while going to school when she can. Ruthie's health becomes critical. As her mother is released from yet another hospital stay, Or decides that things must change...

Biography and Filmography

Israeli filmmaker Keren Yedaya began her career with short films “Elinor” in 1994, which follows the tribulations of an Israeli conscript in the army, while “Lulu” (1998) deals with prostitution in Israel. After these films, French producer Emmanuel Agneray invited her to France where she shot her third short film, “Les Dessous”. In 2001, she received financial support from the Montpellier International Mediterranean Film Festival. That led to her first feature film “Or” (2004) which won the Caméra d'or at the Cannes Film Festival. Her subsequent features “Jaffa” (2009) and “That Lovely Girl” (2014) were also screened in the ACID selection in Cannes.

 

2019 : RED FIELDS - Keren Yedaya - Director and Screenwriter

2014 : THAT LOVELY GIRL - Keren Yedaya - Director and Screenwriter

2009 : JAFFA - Keren Yedaya - Director and Screenwriter

2004 : OR (MY TREASURE) - Keren Yedaya - Director and Screenwriter

2001 : LES DESSOUS (SHORT) - Keren Yedaya - Director and Screenwriter

1999 : LULU (SHORT) - Keren Yedaya -  Director and Screenwriter

1994 : ELINOR (SHORT) - Keren Yedaya - Director and Screenwriter

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Rezo Films

by Keren Yedaya

Israeli filmmaker Keren Yedaya began her career with short films “Elinor” in 1994, which follows the tribulations of an Israeli conscript in the army, while “Lulu” (1998) deals with prostitution in Israel. After these films, French producer Emmanuel Agneray invited her to France where she shot her third short film, “Les Dessous”. In 2001, she received financial support from the Montpellier International Mediterranean Film Festival. That led to her first feature film “Or” (2004) which won the Caméra d'or at the Cannes Film Festival. Her subsequent features “Jaffa” (2009) and “That Lovely Girl” (2014) were also screened in the ACID selection in Cannes.

 

2019 : RED FIELDS - Keren Yedaya - Director and Screenwriter

2014 : THAT LOVELY GIRL - Keren Yedaya - Director and Screenwriter

2009 : JAFFA - Keren Yedaya - Director and Screenwriter

2004 : OR (MY TREASURE) - Keren Yedaya - Director and Screenwriter

2001 : LES DESSOUS (SHORT) - Keren Yedaya - Director and Screenwriter

1999 : LULU (SHORT) - Keren Yedaya -  Director and Screenwriter

1994 : ELINOR (SHORT) - Keren Yedaya - Director and Screenwriter