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In a little Jerusalem apartment, surrounded by dolls and cats, Miriam Yalan-Shtekelis wrote children’s songs that have captured hearts for many generations of Israelis: The Doll Named Zehava, The Soap that Cried a Lot, Michael, and many more. The director, photographer, editor, designer and writer Reuven Brodeski created the atmosphere of a Russian legend about Yalan-Shtekelis, using miniatures that he fashioned himself for the film, interviewing people who knew her, and telling the story of Israel’s most important figure in children’s literature.
The daily life in a Sephardic neighborhood in Jerusalem during the 1930s. Matters between men and women, fathers and sons, neighbors and friends. Scattered between the scenes are songs of love and pain, happiness and sorrow - romanzas that have stood the test of time, passed down through the generations and sung to this day with great feeling and longing by members of the Sephardic community.
Annie is one of the most successful and beloved musicals of all time, winning seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical. "Tomorrow" and "It's the Hard Knock Life", two of the musical's songs, have become the incredibly popular. Since then, Annie has been performed in dozens of countries and languages around the world, and in 2018, it came to Israel in a new and spectacular production for the whole family.
