Honor (2010)

Director
Haim Bouzaglo

Main cast
Ze'ev Revach; Moran Atias; Amos Lavi; Smadar Kilchinsky; Nataly Attiya

Genres
Crime, Drama

Description
Two Israeli criminal families with Moroccan roots suffer the tragedies of their respective lives.


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