Saint Clara (film)

Saint Clara
US VHS cover
Directed byAri Folman
Ori Sivan
Screenplay byAri Folman
Ori Sivan
Based onThe Ideas of Saint Clara
by Pavel Kohout
Produced byMark Rosenbaum
Uri Sabag
StarringLucy Dubinchik
CinematographyValentin Belonogov
Edited byDov Stoyer
Music byBerry Sakharof
Distributed byKino International
Release date
  • 1 November 1996 (1996-11-01)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryIsrael
LanguagesHebrew
Russian
French
English

Saint Clara (Hebrew: קלרה הקדושה) is a 1996 Israeli film directed by Ari Folman and Ori Sivan with a screenplay by Folman based on the novel The Ideas of Saint Clara by Pavel Kohout. The film takes place in 1999 in a small Israeli town, in which a young girl called Clara Chanov (Lucy Dubinchik) discovers that she has paranormal powers that allow her to predict the future.

The film was selected as the Israeli entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 69th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[1][2]

  1. ^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
  2. ^ "39 Countries Hoping for Oscar Nominations". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 13 November 1996. Archived from the original on 9 February 1999. Retrieved 5 October 2015.