Orna and Ella

About this movie

Twenty-six years after the iconic "Orna and Ella" restaurant opened in Tel Aviv, having become a celebrated culinary institution, Orna Agmon and Ella Shine decided to close their shared life's work. During the restaurant's final week, director Tomer Heymann-who worked there for six years and for whom it was much more than just a workplace-documents the intense dynamics of the last days. Farewells to customers, recipes, and staff spark intimate and once-in-a-lifetime conversations. The film reveals the complex relationship between these two groundbreaking women through a spectrum of powerful emotions: love, dependence, conflicting desires, and fears. It boldly raises questions about self-fulfillment, the cost of freedom, and nostalgia for an era that will never return.

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