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Elisha (/ᵻˈlaɪʃə/;Hebrew: אֱלִישָׁע, Modern Elisha, Tiberian ʼĔlîšāʻ ; "My God is salvation", Greek: Ἐλισσαῖος, Elissaîos or Ἐλισαιέ, Elisaié, Arabic: اليسع Al-yasaʻ) is a prophet and a wonder-worker mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, the Quran, the Ginza Rba and Bahá'í writings. His name is commonly transliterated into English as Elisha via Hebrew, Eliseus via Greek and Latin, or Alyasa via Arabic, Elyesa via Turkish. He was a disciple of Elijah and, after Elijah was taken up into the whirlwind, Elisha was accepted as the leader of the sons of the prophets.
Elisha was a prophet and a wonder-worker of the Northern Kingdom of Israel who was active during the reign of Joram, Jehu, Jehoahaz, and Jehoash (Joash). Elisha was the son of Shaphat, a wealthy land-owner of Abel-meholah; he became the attendant and disciple of Elijah.
His name first occurs in the command given to Elijah to anoint him as his successor. After learning in the cave on Mount Horeb, that Elisha, the son of Shaphat, had been selected by Yahweh as his successor in the prophetic office, Elijah set out to find him. On his way from Sinai to Damascus, Elijah found Elisha "one of them that were ploughing with twelve yoke of oxen". Elisha delayed only long enough to kill the yoke of oxen, whose flesh he boiled with the wood of his plough. He went over to him, threw his mantle over Elisha's shoulders, and at once adopted him as a son, investing him with the prophetic office. Elisha accepted this call about four years before the death of Israel's King Ahab. For the next seven or eight years Elisha became Elijah's close attendant until Elijah was taken up into heaven. During all these years we hear nothing of Elisha except in connection with the closing scenes of Elijah's life.
Actors: Jason Isaacs (actor), Stefan Kollmuss (actor), Samir (producer), Liron Levo (actor), Amir Harel (producer), Elie Wiesel (writer), Kathrin Plüss (editor), Clarens Grollmann (producer), Sarah Adler (actress), Phil Gates (producer), Joel Basman (actor), Romed Wyder (producer), Romed Wyder (director), Dorothee Schmid (costume designer), Rami Heuberger (actor),
Plot: British-mandated Palestine, 1947. Zionists fight for the establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine. A member of the underground movement has been sentenced to death by the British authorities. In turn, they have kidnapped a British officer. Now, they sit out the night together, waiting for the result of the negotiation. If the British hang their friend at dawn, one of them will shoot the British officer.
Genres: Drama,Actors: Jason Isaacs (actor), Stefan Kollmuss (actor), Samir (producer), Liron Levo (actor), Amir Harel (producer), Elie Wiesel (writer), Kathrin Plüss (editor), Clarens Grollmann (producer), Sarah Adler (actress), Phil Gates (producer), Joel Basman (actor), Romed Wyder (producer), Romed Wyder (director), Dorothee Schmid (costume designer), Rami Heuberger (actor),
Plot: British-mandated Palestine, 1947. Zionists fight for the establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine. A member of the underground movement has been sentenced to death by the British authorities. In turn, they have kidnapped a British officer. Now, they sit out the night together, waiting for the result of the negotiation. If the British hang their friend at dawn, one of them will shoot the British officer.
Genres: Drama,Actors: Daniel Riser (writer), Daniel Riser (writer), Daniel Riser (director), Daniel Riser (editor), Derlis A. González (composer), Angel Cruz (actor), Amanda Riser (producer),
Genres: Drama, Short, Thriller,Actors: Carlos Corral (producer), Carlos Corral (editor), Carlos Corral (director), Carlos Corral (writer), Regina Saldivar (actress), Sandy Salinas (producer), Sandy Salinas (writer), Sandy Salinas (miscellaneous crew), Dakota A. Thomas (actor), Octavio Corral (producer), Cesar Miramontes (actor), Marlon Lewis (actor), Jackie Jones (actress), Rachel A. Bailey (actress), Ismael Salinas (actor),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Moshe Ivgy (writer), Moshe Ivgy (actor), Moshe Ivgy (director), Sharon Alexander (actor), Zohar M. Sela (editor), Grace Benoish (miscellaneous crew), Ami Weinberg (actor), Limor Goldstein (actress), Chilik Michaeli (producer), Avraham Pirchi (producer), Tami Leon (producer), Icho Avital (actor), Hagit Dasberg (actress), Yishai Adar (composer), Efrat Ben-Zur (actress),
Plot: This is a movie about people caught up in the moment just before a large or small change is about to take place in their lives. A combination of chance and fate delude the protagonists throughout. The movie attempts to describe the life of individuals in contemporary Israeli society, and the almost impossible attempt to simply live one's life. Whether he is a regular citizen or an important "boss", the life of every Israeli is consciously or unconsciously shaped by the national state of affairs. This "state of affairs" filters into his life and into his very being, at times in a destructive and irrevocable manner. Most often, the individual remains unaware of the influence that the big picture - the country suffering tremendous pressures from both inside and outside - has on his personal state of being. This influence resembles a cloud hovering over us while we scurry about on the ground below - like aimless ants who have lost their hill. The movie represents Israel as a country already far beyond identity crises. This is a country where violence is a way of life, and which is governed by the world view of the "stupid, the evil and the corrupt." This is a society reduced to gangs that coalesce and break up according to their needs. Anarchy is everywhere, and the perverse satisfaction of dark urges is taken for granted. The chaos this movie attempts to represent does not lie in the future. This is a world ruled by verbal, spiritual and physical violence, sexual harassment, rape, cunning, theft, arson, assault, eating disorders, cancer, post-trauma, hit-and-run accidents and other ailments. Within the chaos that envelops this perverse urban reality, mere chance appears to be the "organizing principle." On one level, the game of chance is the result of violence being a two-edged sword. On the other hand, it partakes of the typically Israeli reality of chance encounters. The forced intimacy created by these encounters becomes reality due to the power of comradeship and companionship - born of the shared experience of different exigencies and of a language, a place and a given time. Beneath the surface, however, there constantly arise moments of longing, humaneness and compassion. They exist in this world as a kind of potential of which only few realize that it does exist. The same few that mourn the loss of a sense of purpose when the final avalanche of tears erupts at the end of the movie...
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But you don't want to leave
Fooling with the keys
I'd like to see the show
But I just don't think it's that easy
But if it's everywhere you look
If it's easy to see
We'll all be floating on a breeze
Bishop takes a rook
It looks like the way back
Is moving the stone
And I was playing out the role of pretender
Trying to get them straight into line
She said she needed me to defend her
Home, home ...
You say you're sitting at the bus stop
Waiting at the gate
Got the ticket in your hand
I'm getting kind of hot
I don't seem to have got what you paid for
And it isn't worth the fuss
But it's looking in the way
You know he doesn't understand
It's not the way you planned out the handout
To pay the band
I was standing in the line with the crazies
Smoking half and drinking the rest
Feeling fine and kind of lazy
Hoping I was passing the test