Kiss Me Kosher!

Kiss Me Kosher! (2020)

When two generations of Israeli women fall for a German woman and a Palestinian man, chaos follows. What happens with lovers who don't fit but do belong together?

Date of release
2020-09-10
TMDB
5.6 / 10 (53)
Runtime
1h 45m
Genres
Comedy, Romance
Director
Shirel Peleg

Casting

Interesting facts

Kiss Me Kosher is a 2020 German–Israeli film directed and scripted by Venezuelan-born, Israel-raised and German-based Shirel Peleg. The story is based on the true-life love story of Peleg and her partner and is Peleg's debut feature-length film as a director.

Background and production

Kiss Me Kosher was created by Fireglory Pictures in coproduction with SWR, Arte, Erfttal Film, and Big Top Studios. Most of the shooting took place in Tel Aviv, with shooting on individual days in Jerusalem on 27 days between mid-June and mid-July 2019. The film, which bears the alternative title Kiss Me Before It Blows Up, is Peleg's debut feature film.

The production was funded by the German Federal Government's Commissioner for Culture and the Media with 100,000 euros, by the German Film Funding Fund with just under 100,000 euros, and by Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg with 50,000 euros. The creation of the script was funded by MFG Filmförderung.

The cinema release in Germany and Austria was on September 10, 2020, while the film was released in Switzerland on December 4, 2020. Worldwide sales are carried out by Totem Films based in Paris, and in Germany by X Verleih through Warner Bros. Pictures.

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