Paper Dolls (film)

Paper Dolls
(Bubot Niyar)
Israeli-release poster
Directed byTomer Heymann
Written byTomer Heymann
Produced byClaudia Levin
Stanley Buchthal
Tomer Heymann
Starringsee Participants
CinematographyItai Raziel
Edited byLavi Ben Gal
Music byEli Soorani
Distributed byStrand Releasing
Release dates
  • February 9, 2006 (2006-02-09) (Berlinale)
  • September 6, 2006 (2006-09-06) (United States)
  • October 26, 2006 (2006-10-26) (Israel)
Running time
80 minutes
CountriesIsrael
Switzerland
United States
LanguagesHebrew
Tagalog
English
Box office$36,089[1]

Paper Dolls (Hebrew: בובות נייר, Bubot Niyar) is a 2006 documentary by Israeli director Tomer Heymann, which follows the lives of transgender migrant workers from the Philippines who work as health care providers for elderly Orthodox Jewish men and perform as drag queens during their spare time. It also delves into the lives of societal outcasts who search for freedom and acceptance.[2]

In 2013, the story was adapted as a musical and produced at the Tricycle Theatre in London.

  1. ^ "Paper Dolls (2006)". Yahoo! Movies. Yahoo! Inc. Archived from the original on May 22, 2011.
  2. ^ Strand Releasing. "Paper Dolls synopsis". StrandReleasing.com. Archived from the original (DOC) on 2016-02-19. Retrieved 2008-02-22.