Saint Clara

First-time Israeli directors Ari Folman and Ori Sivan ransack some pretty obvious sources for this self-consciously outre tale of classroom anarchy and clairvoyance. Though occasionally charming, this hollow, amateurish pastiche feels at least 10 years out of date. Lucy Dubinchik stars as 13-year-old Clara, a violet-eyed Russian immigrant gifted with the power to read minds and foretell the future. Enrolled in Israel's Golda Meir School, Clara bewitches both the tyrannical administration and the despotic Eddie (Halil Elohev), a barely teenaged punk who keeps the rest of the kids in line with an effective mixture of intimidation and little orange pills. Folman and S...