A hooker's escape plan goes sideways when her documentary filmmaker falls in love — and his wife knows.
Yaky Yosha's 1982 Israeli drama Kvish Lelo Motza (aka Dead End Street) observes the trials and travails of a young prostitute named Alice (Anat Atzmon) who is thrust into jail alongside her pimp and hustler boyfriend. In desperation, Alice devises a scheme to save both of them: she will take the steps necessary to free herself, then set about raising the money to save her beau. However, she fails to anticipate the arrival of a documentary crew comprised of husband and wife Yoram (Yehoram Gaon) and Miri (Gila Almagor), who insist on filming her as she undergoes rehabilitation; when Yoram begins to fall hard for Alice, it draws the ire and chagrin of Miri, who begins to seethe with jealousy.
Acting
Anat Atzmon's raw, unflinching desperation carries every frame.
Direction
Yosha blurs documentary-fiction lines way before it was cool.
Writing
Meta layers that judge everyone, especially the audience.
Director
Yaky Yosha
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Gila Almagor was already Israeli cinema royalty; her casting as jealous wife adds meta-resonance.
Yosha pioneered Israeli 'docu-fiction' here, influencing later provocateurs like Ari Folman decades before Waltz with Bashir.
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