Or (My Treasure) (2004)

overview : Or shoulders a lot: she's 17 or 18, a student, works evenings at a restaurant, recycles cans and bottles for cash, and tries to keep her mother Ruthie from returning to streetwalking in Tel Aviv. Ruthie calls Or "my treasure," but Ruthie is a burden. She's just out of hospital, weak, and Or has found her a job as a house cleaner. The call of the quick money on the street is tough for Ruthie to ignore. Or's emotions roil further when the mother of the youth she's in love with comes to the flat to warn her off. With love fading and Ruthie perhaps beyond help, Or's choices narrow.

Release Date : Sep 09, 2004

Runtime : 1h 35m

Genre : Drama  

Companies : Bizibi, Transfax Film Productions, Canal+

Countries : Israel, France

Keywords : prostitute, tel aviv, israel, escort service, teacher, prostitution, woman director, mother daughter relationship