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The Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History |
Saturday, March 7, 2026 7:30 PMGuest Speaker: Roy Assaf, Director, Screenwriter and Actor |
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A struggling actor back from reserve duty, returns to his dusty southern hometown, shuttling between a fluorescent-lit classroom and a worn community-theatre stage. By day he teaches drama to disengaged teens; by night he performs in an obscure cabaret. When a raw, off-script moment in class is filmed and goes viral, he’s suddenly branded traitor, symbol, and target at once - and the tiny stage he once treated as rehearsal space becomes the only place he can still breathe and speak freely.
Cabaret Total spins this crisis into a bold, darkly funny musical satire about performance, power, and the cost of saying what you really think. Blurring lines between spectacle and resistance, the film uses songs, skits, and sharply choreographed chaos to mirror a society on edge, where every joke can be a provocation and every applause break feels like a vote.
Raise a Glass to 30 Years
Join us for a celebratory toast prior to the screening as we kick off the festival's 30th season.
Q&A
Join us for a Q&A with director Roy Assaf following the movie.
| Country: | Israel |
| Release Date: | 2024 |
| Time: | 91 minutes |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Language: | Hebrew with English subtitles |
| Director: | Roy Assaf |
| Featuring: |
Roy Assaf Ornella Bess Uri Gavriel Janet Sabag Albert Iluz Shimon Mimran Ohad Knoller Mili Eshet |
Guest Speaker:
Roy Assaf, Director, Screenwriter and Actor
Roy Assaf is a leading Israeli theater, film, and television actor, widely acclaimed for his work on stage and screen. He has twice won the Israeli Film Academy Award for Best Actor and is also a recipient of the Israeli Theater Award. His film credits include God's Neighbors, Matchmaking, Bliss, Wounded Land, The Art of Waiting, Wedding Doll, The Kind Words, Children of Nobody, Mary Magdalene, Jaffa, and others.
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