The read
Audiences rate it 22 points higher than critics do. It runs a compact 1h 28m.
Synopsis
Based on the novel "Panther in the Basement" by the world-renowned author, Amos Oz, the movie takes place in British Palestine in 1947, just a few months before Israel becomes a state. Proffy Liebowitz, a militant yet sensitive eleven year old wants nothing more than for the occupying British to get the hell out of his land.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes38%
Metacritic47/100
Audiences rate it 22 points higher than critics do.
18 audience votes
Key crew
- Lynn RothDirector
- Lynn RothScreenplay
- Deborah LurieOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Alfred MolinaDunlop
- Ido PortProffy
- Zachi NoyMr. Gihon
- Anat KlausnerYardena
- Gilya SternMiriam
- Rami HeubergerFather
- Theodore BikelInterrogator
- Shmuel ShilohMr. Lazarus
- Levana FinkelsteinGrandma Tykocinski
- Nathan RavitzAdult Avi Leibowitz