On a street corner in central Jerusalem stand two of the oldest and best-known restaurants in the city: "Pinati," one of the best-known humus joints in Israel, open since 1975; and "Fink," a German influenced bar-restaurant that has been in operation since 1923. In between the two establishments is a lottery stand where Galina works. Each place is a world unto itself, and despite the many years of working side by side, the only things they share are gas balloons, a wall and the exhaust of passing buses.

(From The Jerusalem Cinematheque Website)