Acomicandepisodicsatire,thefilmusesimprovisationtoillustratetheclashbetweenfantasyandrealityinreallife.AlthoughconceivedinthestyleofMekas'"Hallelujahthehills"(1962),it'sanauthenticallyIsraelisatire,anopenlyrebelliousandindividualisticexpressionthatpokedfunatthesacredmythsofearlierzionistfilms.Thetechniqueoffilmwithinthefilmisusedtoportraycinemaasreflectionoftheimagination,amiraclebasedondreamsandfantasiesthattakeonconcretecharacteristics-paralleltothemiracleofIsrael,thedreamthathasbecomereality.Althoughnotacommercialsuccess,itsimportanceisbeyondanymeasure,thoughitremainsauniqueexperiment,boldlyuncommercialandsubversive,outofanycontextinthatpatriotic,ideologicalepoch.                                   Anewimmigrant,Tzelnik,arrivesattheportofJaffa.Hegoesto