Yankele Bride (Adir Miller) works to repair some of the damage inflicted on the Jews during the Holocaust. His solution? During the late ‘60s, he arranges marriages, mostly for couples now living in Israel but who once were confined in the Nazis’ death camps. In this fictional tale, much of Bride’s good work is shown through the eyes of teenager Arik Burstein (Tuval Shafir). Bride hires Arik to spy on his clients, making sure they’re looking for love and not just hanky-panky. Sadly, Bride’s co-matchmaker and love interest, Clara Epstein (Maya Dagan), can’t love him in return due to the abuses she suffered in the Nazi camps. Acclaimed Israeli director Avi Nesher has created a small but significant post-Holocaust love story that examines humanity’s worst side along with our capacity for seeking out and finding love. Both sad and funny, The Matchmaker is a cute love story and a tragic tale about the consequences of inhuman abuse. (Israel | 112 mins) Read our story about this