Director: Eran Riklis
Screenplay: Amir Ben-David, Moshe Zonder
Cinematographer: Amnon Zlayet
Editing: Einat Glaser-Zarhin
Sound: Israel David
Music: Avihu Medina
Cast: Saul Mizrahi, Dafna Dekel, Juliano Mer-Khamis, Menahem Einy, Gabi Amrani
Production: Israel Broadcasting Authority, Movit See More
Contact:
Israeli film archive Jerusalem cinematheque
Hevron road 11
Tel : 972-2-5654332
www.jer-cin.org.il
Year: 1993
35 mm, Color, 113 min, OV Hebrew with English and French electronic subtitles
Unreleased
Zohar Argos is a singer, a super star, the “King of Mizrahi music”; he has been a success as nobody ever was before in the history of Israeli music. This man, who almost became anonymous, is fascinating with a life full of contradictions. His self-destruction took him to a tragic and premature death in 1987. The film depicts how he started his career, became famous, and made a fortune; it shows how he could hold the audience in his country and abroad in his spell. Confronted with the hostile world of musicians because he was Sephardic, Zohar went on drugs…
This film was a huge success in Israel.
