Ronit Elkabetz
(actress : plays the role of Ruthie)

This exceptional actress is discovered in the early 90’s in Israeli theater groups, where she performs Beckett as well as Shakespeare, then later in the cinema where she plays roles in films by Dani Wachman, Shmuel Hasfari, Gidi Dar, Haim Bouzaglo, Amos Gitaï and Dover Kossashvili. In 1994, her performance in Sh’chur by Shmuel Hasfari earns her the award of Best Actress from the Israeli Academy. She receives this prize a second time in 2001 for her role in Late Wedding by Dover Kossashvili. At the end of the 90’s, she begins working in France, where she notably incarnates Martha Graham in a one-woman show presented at the Festival of Avignon. She also plays the principal role in the film by Zakia and Ahmed Bouchaala, Origine Contrôlée (2000). Ronit Elkabetz has just finished directing her first film, entitled And you took a wife, a Franco-Israeli co-production.

Dana Ivgy
(actress : plays the role of Or)

The daughter of a famous Israeli cinema and theater actor (Moshe Ivgy), Dana Ivgy received her training at the Nissan Nativ theater school in Tel Aviv. During her studies, she begins a career in the cinema with major roles in Broken Wings by Nir Bergman (2000), The Barbecue People by David Ofek and Yossi Madmoni (2001), and Provence United by Ori Inbar (2002). In the theater, she drew particular attention to herself in the play Courage by Ariel Ashbel.