Miri’s Chinese cleaning woman had to leave the house for an hour or two and left her son with Miri. She never cam back and the boy, who knows no Hebrew, is with Miri now and she has to figure out what to do with him. The problem is that though the boy was born in Israel, his mother, who is an illegal alien, never reported his birth and therefore as far as the Israeli authorities are concerned he does not exit. A woman from the welfare office comes to Miri’s house to find out all she can about the situation in order to solve the problem.

Nudel

A melancholy Israeli flight attendant finds new meaning in life on her quest to reunite a six year-old Chinese boy nicknamed Noodle with his missing mother. Miri is a two-time war widow who has long since lost her lust for life and spends most days simply going through the motions. Miri lives with her sister Gila, who is currently wrestling with the troublesome prospect of ending her marriage to her husband Izzy. One day, upon returning home from work, Miri is recruited by the family’s Chinese housekeeper to watch her young son as she runs an important errand. When the housekeeper mysteriously fails to return, however, Miri and her trusty airline coworkers make it their mission on life to reunite mother and son though whatever means possible.