Gold Hugo |
| Best Feature |
This Oscar-nominated Israeli film tackles the awakening of a teenager as he becomes acquainted with the turbulent socio-political era in Israel. Mizrahi regular Michal Bat-Adam convincingly plays the destitute mother who struggles to make her family earn a living by washing clothes, though problem arises when his eldest son falls in love with a librarian while being influenced with the unstable condition in the land.
The above headline could be a reference to a great deal of movies: The Godfather, Grease and pulp fiction (that all signs indicate it occurs in the late 70's). This movie is not by any means the indulgent romanticist movie (movies that deal with gory wars rarely are) but to some more than others, this movie is a reminder to an era that is forgotten in the abyss of history books.
