
Jellyfish
Life Stings
Directed by Etgar Keret, Shira Geffen
Produced by Les Films du Poisson
A delicate, interconnected portrait of three women navigating displacement, disappointment, and unexpected compassion in modern Tel Aviv.
Meduzot (the Hebrew word for Jellyfish) tells the story of three very different Israeli women living in Tel Aviv whose intersecting stories weave an unlikely portrait of modern Israeli life. Batya, a catering waitress, takes in a young child apparently abandoned at a local beach. Batya is one of the servers at the wedding reception of Keren, a young bride who breaks her leg in trying to escape from a locked toilet stall, which ruins her chance at a romantic honeymoon in the Caribbean. One of the guests is Joy, a Philippine chore woman attending the event with her employer, and who doesn't speak any Hebrew (she communicates mainly in English), and who is guilt-ridden after having left her young son behind in the Philippines.
Clusters
Questions people ask
Is Jellyfish sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.
Is Jellyfish violent? Barely. Less violent than 86% of films.
Is Jellyfish scary? Barely. Less frightening than 76% of films.
Is Jellyfish easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 62% of films.
Does Jellyfish end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.
Cinnamon Score
How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.
Familiar shape, done well.
How unlike any other film this one feels
How much more it delivers than it promises
How much audiences actually like it
Ensemble
Like Jellyfish
Nearest across the full emotional profile.
Same Mood as Jellyfish
Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.
Like Jellyfish, But Darker
Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.
Like Jellyfish, But Lighter
Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.
Like Jellyfish, But Less Popular
Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.






















































