Atomic Falafel

(Dror Shaul, Israel/New Zealand/Germany 2015, 93 min., English, Farsi, and Hebrew w/subtitles)

Rochester International Jewish Film Festival. A hilarious, fast-paced satire with a pro-peace message, Atomic Falafel encompasses the Israel-Iran nuclear showdown, the internet friendship of two teens from the opposing countries, a youthful hacker’s first romance, and a falafel maker’s discovery of a new love. In a dusty Negev town, a mother-daughter team runs a falafel truck catering to troops patrolling a nearby nuclear reactor. As the widowed mother falls for a uranium-allergic German nuclear inspector, her daughter and computer whiz boyfriend stumble upon secret files. As the zany plotlines converge, the Israeli teens and an Iranian youth scramble to thwart war between their countries.

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