Melanoma ahuvati

Melanoma ahuvati

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Status

Released

Release Date

Aug 31, 2006

Runtime

1h 53m

Genres

Drama

User Score

60%

Original Title

Melanoma ahuvati

Director

Yossi Madmoni

Description

Melanoma My Love, smartly and constantly shifting somewhere between documentary and fiction, is a breath-taking drama. The film is based on the true story of the Israeli actor Yigal Adika and his wife Orit, who suffered and died of cancer. Yigal, a personal friend of the directors, plays himself in the film as Uzi and by doing so re-enacts this special period in his life. His wife is a ballet dancer and teacher. She is thirty and has been diagnosed with melanoma. With the help of her husband and doctors, she is able to believe in a favourable outcome and fights her illness to the end. The film closely follows this fight by concentrating on the two loving people, their tender relationship and the effect the situation has on the whole family.