Return from India: A Story of Forbidden Love (2002)

Synopsis: Top Israeli director Menachem Golan (CRIME AND PUNISHMENT, DEATH GAME) directs a film of profound sensuality and intrigue set in glorious locations in Israel and India. Originally a novel by... Top Israeli director Menachem Golan (CRIME AND PUNISHMENT, DEATH GAME) directs a film of profound sensuality and intrigue set in glorious locations in Israel and India. Originally a novel by Abraham B. Jehoshua, this story involves forbidden love between an older woman and a younger man. While it is set up as a doomed love triangle, it later distinguishes itself from romantic dramas of its kind with a curious supernatural element. A young doctor, Ben Rubin (Aki Avni) is asked to accompany the hospital administrator and his wife Dori (Riki Gal) on an emergency journey to Bombay to help them save their gravely ill daughter. When the husband is suddenly called back to work, Ben and Dori remain behind to nurse the stabilized, improving daughter. The intensity of their situation and the beauty of their surroundings find Ben and Dori in a passionate affair. Back in Israel, Ben desperately wants to continue the affair but the more realistic Dori advises him to find someone his own age. Other relationships prove thoroughly unsatisfying. In his somewhat crazed, passionate state, he starts to believe he is somehow spiritually connected to Dori. Is he insane, or are there really other forces at work? [More]

Starring: Aki Avni, Assi Dayan, Riki Gal

Starring: Aki Avni, Assi Dayan, Riki Gal

Director: Menahem Golan

Director: Menahem Golan

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