Seret DC: Atomic Falafel
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A nuclear showdown between Israel and Iran would not normally score high on the laugh-riot meter. But writer-director Dror Shaul manages to raise the weighty premise to high levels of absurdity in his farcical comedy Atomic Falafel. Nofar is a sassy Israeli teen who desperately wants to lose her virginity. Her Facebook friend, Sharareh, is an equally sassy Iranian singer-songwriter-rapper. Nofar’s mom sells falafels from a van she navigates through danger zones and has recently taken up with Oli, a German atomic energy investigator who has an allergic reaction to enriched uranium. They all become pawns and players in a bizarre military plot cooked up by buffoonish defense and intelligence operatives. Date:
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