Yankele Bride, a mysterious Shoah survivor with a scarred face, is a matchmaker specializing in hard-to-match clients. A teenaged prank gone wrong brings him to 16-year-old Arik`s apartment, where the teen is chagrined to discover that Yankele and his father were childhood friends back in Romania. Impressed with Arik`s ability at trickery, Yankele hires him as an assistant. Set in Haifa in the summer of 1968, The Matchmaker is a tender story of love, loss and survival in the aftermath of the Second World War, told through the eyes of a teenage boy. Director Avi Nesher plumbs a pivotal time in Israeli history, where an embryonic society still reeling from the memory of trauma is beset by the cultural-sexual upheaval of the sixties. More than just an exploration of a fledgling country finding its feet, The Matchmaker is an enchanting coming-of-age story about the manifold incarnations of friendship and love. Awards and nominations: Nominated Best Feature at 2010 Israeli Film Academy Awards.Won Best Actor and Best Actress at 2010 Israeli Film Academy Awards.