Abraham B. Jehoshua
Biography
Born from a family of Sephardic jews. With Amos Oz, Jehoshua is Israel's most prominent writer. Published four novels, essays and short stories. His third novel, Molcho, is considered his international breakthrough, with successful publications of translations in the US, Italy, France and the UK.
Known For & Full Filmography4 Titles
Drama Series - 2022, 16 episodes • as Self - Writer
A detailed account of the two millennia of intolerance and persecution suffered by the Jews, from antiquity to the present day.
Drama Series - 1996, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role
This five-part drama series, based on a novel by A.B. Yehoshua, narrates the story of a Jewish Sephardi family through the testimonies of five narrators, each of whom encounters members of the family at different points in time during a 150-year period starting in the mid-nineteenth century. The dramas are set in different times and countries but are linked by a mystery disclosed only in the end. Each segment is dramatized in a different language and conveys a different mood and different cinematic strategies.
Movie - 2007, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Documentary in which filmmaker Jamie Kastner goes on a personal journey to find out what it means to be Jewish in the modern world. Along the way he meets anti-semitic politician Pat Buchanan, Israeli novelist AB Yehoshua, British anti-Israeli curmudgeon Richard Ingrams and Hasids in Brooklyn; he causes a near-riot in a Parisian suburb simply by asking what people think about Jews; and he meets the 'dominatrix' behind Berlin's largest memorial to dead Jews. (Storyville)
Movie - 2018, 2h 15m • as Lui-même
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.