Based on the stories of Israeli writer Etgar Keret, $9.99 is a whimsical voyage through the imagination set in Tel Aviv. Director Tatia Rosenthal has fashioned these interwoven stories of existential pondering through the device of puppets in stop-action animation. There is even a sex scene featuring an Israeli super model, who likes her boyfriends hairless and spineless. Well, if you’re curious…
$9.99 is showing in an exclusive engagement at the Lagoon Cinema in Uptown. — Mordecai Specktor