Electric Blanket (1995)

Genres - Comedy  |   Sub-Genres - Black Comedy  |   Run Time - 94 min.  |   Countries - Israel  |   MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Sandra Brennan

This Israeli black comedy is the second entry in Assi Dayan's trilogy that began with Life According to Agfa (1993). The story centers around the lives of three down and out people who played bit parts in the first film. They are Malka, an aging whore who dreams of being a singer, Levy, her self-destructive pimp, and Moshe, a homeless old man who dreams of owning an electric blanket. Fragmentary scenes from their dreams comprise the beginning of the film; Malka is also seen hawking her body on the outskirts of town. Later the three are badly beaten by rival pimps and they must go to the ER for treatment. They are next seen entering the bar where Agfa is being filmed. They talk the director into giving them small parts. In the end they are seen, as if appearing in an earlier film, discussing philosophy on a park bench.

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filmmaker, actor, against-all-odds, behind-the-scenes, homelessness, loser, pimp, poverty, prostitute/prostitution, songwriter