The Human Resources Manager

  • a film by Eran Riklis
  • feature film
  • 103 min
  • 2010

A Jerusalem HR manager's routine job turns into a redemptive odyssey when he escorts a dead employee's body home after a suicide bombing.

Info
  • Genre

    • tragicomedy, road movie
  • Countries of Production

    • Germany / Israel / France / Romania
  • Language

    • Hebrew (OV)
  • World premiere

    • 10th August 2010 – Lucarno FF
  • German cinema release

    • 1st December 2011
  • a production by

    • Pallas Film, 2-Team Productions, Pie Films, EZ Films, Hai Hui Entertainment
  • in co-production with

    • ZDF/Arte
  • with the support of

    • MDM – Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, Rabinovich Foundation of the Arts – Cinema Project, Jerusalem Film Fund, Channel 10 (Israel), CNC Rumania
  • World Sales

    • Pyramide International
  • Distribution

    • Neue Visionen
Synopsis

Adapted from the novel “The Mission of the Human Resource Manager” (“A Woman In Jerusalem” in the English edition) by acclaimed writer AB Yehoshua, deemed ‘A Masterpiece’ by the New York Times, and winner of the prestigious Giovanni Bocaccio literary prize, Human Resources follows one man’s epic journey from terror-stricken Jerusalem to the farthest reaches of the former Soviet republic, on a quest to restore the humanity of a woman he never knew, and to regain his own humanity in the process.

Cast
  • The Human Resources Manager

    • Mark Ivanir
  • The Weasel

    • Guri Alfi
  • The Boy

    • Noah Silver
  • The Israeli Consul

    • Rozina Cambos
  • The Vice Consul

    • Julian Negulesco
  • The Ex-Husband

    • Bogdan Stanoevitch
Crew
  • Written by

    • Noah Stollman, based on a book by A.B. Yehoshua
  • Directed by

    • Eran Riklis
  • Producers

    • Thanassis Karathanos, Haim Mecklberg, Estee Mecklberg, Talia Kleinhendler, Elie Meirovitz, Tudor Giurgiu
  • Director of photography

    • Rainer Klausmann
  • Editor

    • Tova Asher
  • Set design

    • Dan Toader
    • Yoel Herzberg
  • Music

    • Cyril Morin
  • Sound

    • Ashi Milo
  • Sound Design

    • Gil Toren
  • Mixing Engineer

    • Holger Lehmann
  • Costume

    • Li Alembik, Adina Bucur
Festivals
  • Toronto IFF
  • Kerala IFF
  • FF Cottbus
  • Hong Kong IFF
  • Istanbul IFF
  • Split IFF
  • Festival du cinéma de La Foa
  • Jewish Film Festival Caracas
  • Singapore IFF
  • Israel FF in Singapore
Awards
  • Audience’s Award / Official Selection – Piazza Grande LOCARNO IFF

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