Or (My Treasure)

Or (My Treasure)
	File:Ormytreasure.jpg Or (my treasure) movie poster
Directed by	Keren Yedaya
Produced by	Emmanuel Agneray; Jérôme Bleitrach; Marek Rozenbaum; Itai Tamir
Written by	Sari Ezouz; Keren Yedaya
Starring	Dana Ivgy; Ronit Elkabetz
Cinematography	Laurent Brunet
Production; company	Bizibi; Transfax Film Productions; Canal+
Distributed by	Rézo Films (France); Kino International (US)
Release dates	(Israel); 16 September 2004; (France); 1 December 2004; (Sweden); 15 April 2005; (Belgium); 18 May 2005; (USA) limited release; 1 June 2005
Running time	95 min
Country	France; Israel
Language	Hebrew

Or (My Treasure) is a 2004 drama film starring Dana Ivgy in the title role of Or, a teenager who struggles to be responsible for her prostitute mother Ruthie, played by Ronit Elkabetz. The French-Israeli production premiered on 14 May 2004 at the Cannes Film Festival.

Plot synopsis

Teenager Or (Dana Ivgy) works a variety of odd jobs to help support herself and her mother. When her mother, Ruthie (Ronit Elkabetz), returns home after a hospital stay Or tells her she has found her a job cleaning houses.

However Ruthie is unmotivated by her new poorly paid job and quickly returns to prostitution.

In the meantime Or begins a burgeoning romance with her neighbour and childhood friend, Ido. After they sleep together Ido's mother confronts Ruthie and makes it clear that though she likes Or she does not approve of their relationship.

With her relationship with Ido and his family crumbling, unable to make rent and desperate to save her mother from the streets, Or begins to prostitute herself as well, first by offering sexual services to her landlord and finally by joining an escort service.

Reception

Or won 10 awards, including five at the Cannes Film Festival, and was nominated for a further 8. Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a freshness rating of 77%.^[1]