Paris 2011. Alex is 27. He lives off dealing and pays the debts of his brother, Isaac, who after being his support has now become dead weight. When his cousin announces he's going to open a restaurant in Tel Aviv, Alex imagines he can join him and change his life. Set on emigrating, Alex has to find money, leave his beloved Paris, end his complicated love life, drop his destructive brother and find his way.
Acting
Pio Marmaï's simmering restraint—every glance says what Alex can't.
Direction
Wajeman's Paris feels lived-in, suffocating, impossible to leave.
Director
Elie Wajeman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
'Aliyah' refers to Jewish immigration to Israel, traditionally framed as spiritual return—here weaponized as economic desperation.
The film deliberately mirrors 1970s French 'polar' crime dramas but strips away all romanticism; this is the genre exhausted.
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