Tala (33), an offbeat musician who just gave birth to her first daughter, takes on a job at “Milky Way”, a dairy for mother’s milk, where women sit in working-stations for their breasts to be pumped. The need to earn a living and support her baby as a single mother has pushed Tala into this awkward job. Everything would be fine if only Tala wasn’t Tala – her rebellious nature keeps pushing her to confrontations. She coincidentally meets the upper-class woman who receives her own milk, an encounter which leads her to a bumpy and surprising journey in the course of which she learns what it really means to be a mother.

 

Cast

Tala
Hilla Ruach
Nili
Hadas Yaron
Suzie
Orly Feldheim
Lin
Tali Sharon
Evelyn
Nuria Dina Luzinski
Shoshana
Seymor Daniel
Halav - Poster 1

The Milky Way

Maya Kenig

  • Fiction
Production Country / Year
Israel, France 2023
Language
he. OF mit en. UT
Format
DCP, Color, 97min
2.39:1, Discrete 5.1
Original Title
Halav

Director & Crew

Maya Kenig 1

Maya Kenig

Born in 1979 in Tel Aviv-Jaffa/Israel. Studied at the Sam Spiegel Film School and at the London Film School. Active as a director, editor, and screenwriter.

Filmography

2005 TOP OF THE WORLD, Kurzfilm

2012 OFF WHITE LIES, Spielfilm

2015 THE BENTWICH SYNDROME, Dokumentarfilm

2018 IN THE SHADE OF A PALM TREE, Kurzfilm

2023 THE MILKY WAY, Spielfilm  HOF 2024

Writer
Maya Kenig
Director of Photography
Amit Yasur
Editor
Maya Kenig
Set Designer
Hefi Bohem
Costume Designer
Louise Bracha
Sound
Vitali Grinshpon
Music Composer
Assa Raviv
Tom Darom
Producer
Maya Fischer
Alona Refua
Inès Daïen Dasi
Yaël Fogiel