Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi
by Shemi Zarhin
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Actor: Arieh Elias, Aya Steinovitz, Esti Zakheim, Oshri Cohen, Yigal NaorDirector: Shemi Zarhin
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: Hebrew (Original Language); English (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 94 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-12-07
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Strand Releasing
Movie Reviews of Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi
Movie Review: Glows with brilliance
Summary: 5 Stars
Shlomi (Oshri Cohen), a boy of 16 or 17, loves to cook, and displays especially fine baking skills. He constantly makes cookies, and cakes, star-shaped and star-covered, alike. That may be why the film's Hebrew title is Ha-Kochavim Shel Shlomi---The Stars of Shlomi.
Fact is, Shlomi's stars shine in many other arenas, too. But Shlomi has special needs---which his separated parents, Ruhama (Esti Zakheim) and Robert (Albert Iluz) have never recognized, much less treated. This situation prevents almost everyone around Shlomi (including himself) to overlook his remarkable gifts---a savant's gift for mathematics, a keen eye into others' hearts, and a tremendously generous soul.
All except his physically disabled and slightly potty grandfather, whom Shlomi bathes, dresses, feeds---and loves. Rona (Aya Koren), the 17-year-old girl next door, who's left her parents, set up house, and survives by gardening and selling gorgeous potted plants raised in her tiny yard. And Shlomi's high school headmaster (Yigal Naor), who recognizes his amazing abilities when a math teacher calls Shlomi to his attention.
This film by Shemi Zarhin is extraordinarily engaging, a story filled with the self-discovery of many characters, and layers love, each of which viewers see as they're gradually peeled back and exposed to daylight. It's especially heartening for those working with special needs kids and teenage boys.
I can't recommend this film highly enough.
---Alyssa A. Lappen
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