Farewell To Dough (2026): Cast, Story and Release Details

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Farewell To Dough is a Hebrew comedy about Itzik, a Jerusalem bachelor whose attachment to a daily burekas ritual is disrupted by an unexpected diagnosis. Forced to abandon carbohydrates, he faces an absurd and painful personal crisis that could alter his relationship with comfort, routine and love.

Farewell To Dough centers on a modest habit with unexpectedly serious consequences. Itzik, a bachelor living above his parents in Jerusalem, finds comfort in a burekas from Musa’s bakery—until dizzy spells bring a diagnosis that changes his diet and unsettles his life.

Set against a city where the sacred and ordinary exist side by side, the film frames a dietary restriction as an emotional upheaval. Its premise combines comedy, discomfort and a surreal edge while keeping one familiar pastry at the heart of the story.

Farewell To Dough movie details

Story without spoilers

Itzik’s life is organized around a simple daily ritual: buying a burekas from Musa’s bakery. That routine is interrupted when dizzy spells result in an unexpected diagnosis, requiring him to give up carbohydrates.

What might seem like a straightforward dietary adjustment becomes far more difficult for Itzik. Losing the food that has provided dependable comfort sends him into a personal crisis, leading to an absurd and painful period of change that may also open the possibility of love.

What to expect

Farewell To Dough is a comedy built around food, routine and the disruption of everyday comfort. Its central conflict is deliberately small in scale but emotionally significant for Itzik, allowing the film to approach a dietary change as a major life event.

The supplied premise also points to a surreal tone, with Jerusalem serving as a setting where religious and ordinary aspects of life collide. Viewers can expect a character-focused story about an unusual fixation, personal adjustment and the possibility of romance, without needing the film to depend on a conventional high-stakes plot.

Cast and creative team

Avraham Shalom Levi plays Itzik, with Tikva Dayan as Dina and Adi Singer as Ifat. The cast also includes Gavri Banai as Nissim, Itay Turgeman as Nahums’ famous brother, Omer Etzion as Nemman, Edna Blilious as Rochala’, Udi Rothchild as Gershon, Aviv Karmi as the Nutritionist and Neta Plotnik as Rivka.

Shimon Shai directs the film. The screenplay is credited to Avraham Shalom Levi and Michael Lev-Tov.

• Avraham Shalom Levi as Itzik
• Tikva Dayan as Dina
• Adi Singer as Ifat
• Gavri Banai as Nissim
• Itay Turgeman as Nahums' famous brother
• Omer Etzion as Nemman
• Edna Blilious as Rochala'
• Udi Rothchild as Gershon
• Aviv Karmi as The Nutritionist
• Neta Plotnik as Rivka

Release and production context

Farewell To Dough is an Israeli production in Hebrew. It was released on September 28, 2026, and has a runtime of 1 hour and 39 minutes. The listed production company is Tarab live music.

Production companies: Tarab live music

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With its tightly focused premise, Farewell To Dough treats an everyday food ritual as the starting point for a broader personal upheaval. The film’s combination of comedy, surrealism and romantic possibility gives Itzik’s struggle room to be both unusual and recognizably human.

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