As Zehava nears middle age, her mother pretends to have cancer and refuses to take any medicine until her daughter gets pregnant. During her search for a man, Zehava gets into extremely weird situations, some amusing and some less so.
Acting
Ruby Porat Shoval commits fully to being cinema's most unhinged Jewish mother.
Writing
Koshashvili's script weaponizes guilt like a precision instrument.
Director
Dover Koshashvili
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Koshashvili (who directed 'Late Marriage') specializes in exposing the brutal comedy of Israeli family pressure, particularly around marriage and reproduction.
The film's Hebrew title 'רווקה פלוס' literally translates to 'Single Plus'—a sardonic reference to pregnancy tests and the plus-sized burden of singlehood in Orthodox-adjacent circles.
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