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Synopsis: Spanning over two decades, "For the Love of Money" follows the true account of an Israeli immigrant who searches for his piece of the American dream. The story begins in Tel Aviv in 1973, where a young Izek is raised in a seedy, gangster filled illegal casino that operates behind his family's bar. The casino is a haven for unsavory characters who seek to corrupt him to their way of life. When the violence and crime finds its way to him and his family, Izek (Yuda Levi) and his family relocate to Los Angeles. Hoping to start anew, he pursues his ambitions to become a young entrepreneur by developing small businesses, purchasing real estate, and running an auto repair shop. Success seems to find him at every turn and after falling in love with the beautiful Aline (Delphine Chaneac), luck seems to be on his side. However, it isn't long before the world of crime that Izek tried to escape so long ago continues to doggedly follow him every step of the way. Threatened by a dangerously temperam
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Director(s): Ellie Kanner
Production: Grindstone Entertainment
 
IMDB:
4.5
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Year:
2012
93 min
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What? Are you kidding me?

No, no joke, man.

Listen, you're in deep sh*t here.

That mustache-wearing

f*** over there,

well, he's gonna put you back on top.

Come on, Izek, hear me out.

Let's go for a drink.

Opportunity's knocking, baby.

You coming or what?

The last couple of months

I've been pulling hits.

Easy money. No one gets hurt.

Last one we pulled, we got 50 grand.

I'm telling you, this town

is full of them, Izek.

They can't resist flaunting it.

It's like they're sitting ducks.

Yeah, it's like we're Robin Hood.

Steal from the rich, give to ourselves.

Hey, I may be sitting here,

But I don't trust you, not

one f***ing bit.

All right?

Ringo. Come on, buddy.

Micky called the shots, not him.

Come on, Levi, this guy

cannot be trusted.

Hey! I'm still in the room here, man.

He's with us now.

He's gonna help us grab

some of Micky's old business.

Here's where you come in.

We got a line on this...

This diamond broker.

We got info that he's holding

half a million dollars

in diamonds and cash

in the safe in his office.

So we gonna make an appointment,

gonna show up, act like we're buyers.

But, It's... It's not a two-man job.

I heard how you stood

up to Micky Levine.

That took big brass balls, man.

You're built for this sh*t, Ringo.

You just don't know it yet.

So come on, baby, hmm?

What do you say, huh?

No.

This isn't me, man. It's not me.

Come on, buddy.

You gotta get real.

You got big problems.

And from the looks of it,

they're not going away anytime soon.

Right? Am I right?

You know you could be my

brother in that get-up?

#I walk along the avenue#

#I never thought

I'd meet a girl like you#

#Meet a girl like you#

#With auburn hair and tawny eyes#

#The kind of eyes that

hypnotize me through#

#Hypnotize me through#

#and I ran#

#I ran so far away#

#I just ran#

#I ran all night and day#

#I couldn't get away#

All right, you're playing lookout.

Get in the front seat.

It's after hours. Nobody

should be coming in or out.

If you see anything suspicious,

anything,

you honk three times and

start the engine.

When we come out,

you better be ready to go.

Hey, see ya on the flip side.

#Reach out a hand to

touch your face#

#You're slowly disappearing

from my views#

Mr. Shapiro?

Thank you for seeing us.

This is my associate, Richard Roberts.

Hey, call me Dick.

- Hi, pleasure to meet you.

Gentlemen, take a seat.

I hope you forgive me

for being brief.

My wife's not too happy

with me working late.

Yes. Well, woman,

you can't live with them.

Yeah. Yeah, don't I know it.

Yeah. She's a little, uh, bit of a handful.

Hey, that's why I like to

keep things simple.

Hookers, man.

That's the way to go.

Right. So, what can I do

for you gentlemen?

What can he do for us, Mr. Shapiro?

Well, we'd like some diamonds.

Yeah, we'd like a whole

shitload of diamonds.

Hands where I can see 'em.

Hands where I can f***ing see 'em, now!

Yeah. Yeah.

Where's the safe?

There's no safe. I don't know

what you're talking about.

Come on.

Come on, man.

Make it easy on yourself and

take us to the f***ing safe.

Okay. Okay. Okay.

Open it.

I don't know the combination.

Come on man, don't be stupid.

Remember what he told you.

Make it easy on yourself.

Come on.

I don't know.

I don't remember it.

Which is it?

You don't know or you

can't remember?

Hey look, if you can't remember it,

maybe this will remind you.

Aah!

Come here.

Listen to me.

Open the safe.

Stop wasting our time.

Okay.

So we can all walk out of here.

Okay.

Let's go!

Let's go. F***.

What the f*** is that?

What?

The f***ing blood.

The guy couldn't remember

the combination,

so I had to bust his head open.

Guess what?

He suddenly got his memory back.

What the f***'s the matter with you?

Oh, Izek, come on, man.

This is bullshit. Nobody

was supposed to f***ing get hurt.

Izek. Relax, man. We got the money.

You know what? F*** both of you guys.

You can keep the f***ing money!

I'm f***ing out of here.

I'm f***ing out of here.

Izek.

F*** him.

I found my way back

to what mattered...

Family.

And little by little

I forgot about Micky Levine

and the man i'd almost become.

In the next five years I rebuilt

my business.

We even bought a house

with a picket fence

and a big yard

for the kids to play in

and my brothers got places

right down the street.

"Lady Luck" was back,

and she had her way of

finding me wherever I went.

Levi, on the other hand,

wasn't counting on luck.

He ditched high-end burglary

for a new set of colleagues

with Colombian accents.

He was still chasing

the almighty dollar.

Levi.

Hector.

Good to see you.

You, too.

My associate, Mr. Sanchez.

Pleasure.

Girls.

Nice to meet you.

Get lost.

A little champagne for our friend.

A cigar.

And his new friend Hector was

the King of the cocaine trade.

Cheers.

Salud.

Salud. L'Chaim.

L'Chaim? What does that mean?

To life.

Your life.

Your life.

How we looking?

Almost done.

Bring one box home.

Store the rest.

Hector. My friend.

Yeah, I just wanted to let you know

that the stock transfer is complete.

Right.

Very good.

You do the same.

So the stuff's in the garage.

You want me to package it?

It's for our friend in Austin.

So it's the same deal as before.

He's gonna meet you

at the church on Sunday.

He's a preacher now.

What a saint.

Says the sermon's gonna be

over at around 10:00,

so be there at 11:00.

Oh, and I need you back here

on Monday night.

Why are you still here?

Go.

I'm on it.

#Amazing grace#

#How sweet the sound#

#That saved a wretch like me#

#I once was lost#

#But now am found#

#Was blind but now I see#

Punctuality...

I like that in a young man.

Shows character.

How you doing, Mr. Parker?

Mr. Parker is my old man.

He ain't been around for a long time.

I'm just red, like the Texas sunset.

Family good?

Yeah, I picked up a grandson

since I saw you last time.

No sh*t.

Boy, you in the house of the Lord.

Mind your manners.

Watch your language.

I haven't set foot in one of

these places since I left home.

Well don't you think

you need God in your life?

Keep you on the straight

and narrow path.

Well, we wouldn't want to get off

the straight and narrow, would we?

No, we wouldn't.

There you go.

Yeah, it looks fine.

You shot me.

Nothing gets past you, Gramps.

I don't know how you can

eat real meat this way.

Steak is meant to

be eaten red and bloody.

That's disgusting, man.

Well, it's like you're eating a shoe.

Oh yeah? Well, it's better

than eating a live animal.

Hey, I wanted to talk

to you about something.

I was thinking that maybe I could

buy you out of the body shop.

Just that it would be great

for me to have

something that was just

mine, you know,

like, uh, like your Real Estate deals.

What, am I a bad partner?

No, no. It's not that, man.

I thought I was a pretty good one.

No, you're the best partner.

I don't get it.

It's just something

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