Every Time We Say Goodbye (1986)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Moshé Mizrahi

Writers:

Moshé Mizrahi (story)
Moshé Mizrahi (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

14 November 1986 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance | War

Tagline:

A World At War... Two Worlds Collide.

Plot:

An American flyer who joined the RAF before his country was in the war is recovering from a leg injury in Jerusalem...

Plot Keywords:

Jewish | Sephardic | Impossible Love | 1940s

Cast

Tom Hanks	...	David Bradley
Cristina Marsillach	...	Sarah Perrara
Benedict Taylor	...	Peter Ross
Anat Atzmon	...	Victoria Sasson
Gila Almagor	...	Lea
Moni Moshonov	...	Nessim (as Monny Moshonov)
Avner Hizkiyahu	...	Raphael (as Avner Hiskyahu)
Esther Parnass	...	Rosa
Orna Porat	...	Mrs. Finkelstein
Nissim Azikri	...	Shaltiel (as Nissim Azikry)
Moshe Ivgy	...	Daniel (as Moshe Ivgi)
David Menachem	...	Elie
Avi Keidar	...	Sammy
Alon Abutbul	...	Joseph (as Alan Abovtboul)
Dafna Armoni	...	Clara (as Daphne Armony)

Runtime:

95 min | USA:98 min | West Germany:98 min | Argentina:98 min

Country:

Israel | USA

Language:

English | Ladino

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:L | Brazil:12 (DVD rating) | Argentina:13 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #20120) | UK:15 | Australia:PG | USA:PG-13 | West Germany:6

Filming Locations:

King David Hotel, Jerusalem, Israel

Company:

Delphi V Productions

Quotes:

David: Well, my mother died long before that. My brother 'n' sister didn't have opinion. My, my father was disappointed. He's a pacifist. I was bound to disappoint my father. Joining up just got it over with nice and quick.

This is a classic theme of falling in love in the face of so much opposition.

I love anything with Tom Hanks - he is such a believable actor, even in this early part of his career. This movie is a fun chick flick where you see the complete vulnerability of people when they fall in love under oppressive circumstances. You just get the "tingles" right along with them. David (Hanks) falls hopelessly in love with a Jewish girl, Sara (Marsillach) of Spanish decent. She tries to fight her feelings, knowing her family would not approve of him because he is a Gentile. They fall more in love through secret trysts and hide their relationship from her family. The intensity rises too high when her family figures out them, and cruelly forces her to put an end to relationship. Sara must choose if she will go against her family to love a man who may have his life taken in this war.

The only thing that disappointed me, was that I felt the movie wrapped up too quickly. I would have enjoyed more relationship development to make the ending more satisfying. However, the character development throughout the movie was great, and Hanks did wonderfully showing the intensity of his love for "Sara."