May 15, 2003

\”Return from India\” is one of the 18 new films, documentaries and TV dramas showing at the 19th Israel Film Festival, from May 28-June 8. Based on A.B. Yehoshua\’s best-selling book \”Open Heart,\” \”India,\” directed and co-produced by veteran filmmaker Menachem Golan, portrays a somewhat preposterous love story between the young Dr. Ben Rubin (Aki Avni) and the older Dori Lazar (Riki Gal) as they accompany her husband (Asi Dayan) to India to save their sick daughter. Golan was nominated for five Academy Awards for Best Foreign Film including \”Entebbe: Operation Thunderbolt\” (1977) and \”Sallah Shabati\” (1964); his film \”The Assault\” (1986) won the Oscar.