---
title: 'Advocate (2019)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Philippe Bellaïche'
released: '2019-01-27'
runtime_minutes: 108
genres:
  - 'Documentary'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Israel'
  - 'Switzerland'
  - 'Canada'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/advocate-2019'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9358246/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Advocate (2019)

2019 · 108 min · Documentary, History · Israel, Switzerland, Canada

Original title: לאה צמל, עורכת דין

## Synopsis

Advocate is a 2019 Israeli documentary film, directed by Rachel Leah Jones and Philippe Bellaïche. The film premiered at the 2019 Sundance Festival, and went on to win top prizes at Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, Kraków Film Festival, Hong Kong International Film Festival and Docaviv Festival. Advocate won the Emmy for Best Documentary in the 42nd News and Documentary Emmy Awards.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Philippe Bellaïche](https://cinepixo.com/people/philippe-bellaiche), [Rachel Leah Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/rachel-leah-jones)
- **Director of Photography:** [Philippe Bellaïche](https://cinepixo.com/people/philippe-bellaiche)
- **Producer:** [Rachel Leah Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/rachel-leah-jones)
- **Editor:** [Yael Bitton](https://cinepixo.com/people/yael-bitton)

## Cast

- [Michel Warschawski](https://cinepixo.com/people/michel-warschawski)
- [Leah Tsemel](https://cinepixo.com/people/leah-tsemel)

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