Set in the port of Haifa in 1968, this tender story of love, loss, and survival in post Six Day War Israel is an enchanting tale about friendship and the mysteries of the human heart. In this summer of free love, teenage Arik meets Yankele Bride, a matchmaker and Holocaust survivor who hires him as a detective to investigate potential clients. The diverse characters he meets on the job – a family of dwarfs who own a cinema, the hauntingly beautiful Clara, and deceitful librarian Meir – open his inquisitive eyes to a world of wonder, pain, and longing.
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