The film centers on a closed, tribal community of living in a tight-knit apartment block directly adjacent to Ben Gurion Airport in Israel. A group of these men work as airport baggage porters and hatch a high-stakes plot to steal two sacks of rough, imported diamonds directly off a commercial flight.
The story centers on a Georgian family in Israel where the men—specifically a group of five "jigits" (Vakho, Jamalia, Mamuka, Otari, and Vazha) working at the airport—are planning a diamond heist. The plot revolves around their attempts to steal two bags of diamonds arriving from South Africa, involving a complex web of familial obligation, infidelity, and crime. The Cultural Context of "Gift from Above" 2011 matana mishamayim gift from above 2003 new