“Mabul”
3rd ISRAELI FILM WEEK
“Fragile: Families”
Mabul מבול
Synopsis
Everything is complicated in Yoni’s life. He’s almost 13, really smart, but physically underdeveloped and struggles daily to quickly grow into the physique of a man for his up-coming Bar Mitzvah. His classmates bully him every chance they get and his parents barely say a word to each other or, if at all, communicate through him. As if all this weren’t enough his autistic brother, Tomer, 17, locked away for years in an institution, returns home right before the ceremony. This shakes up the unstable foundation of the entire family.
Distinctions / Awards
Best Film Award at Haifa Film Festival, 2011
Artistic Achievement Award & Audience Award, 52nd Thessaloniki International Film Festival, 2011
3rd Israeli Film Week – “Fragile: Families”
The Embassy of Israel in Athens, in cooperation with the Michael Cacoyannis Foundation and under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture and Sports, is organizing the tribute to Israeli cinema Fragile: Families 3rd Israeli Cinema Week which includes nine prize-winning films from 2011-2014, which explore different areas of family life and the relationships which form between family members. At the Michael Cacoyannis Foundation from Wednesday 10th until Tuesday 16th of December 2014.
It is the third consecutive year that the Israeli Cinema Week is being organized in Athens. During the last years Israeli films have taken part and received awards at film festivals in Greece and across the world. They have also become commercially extremely successful. During the tribute Fragile: Families, the audience will have the opportunity to explore the mechanisms, the relationships and the problems of families from different backgrounds.
Drama, Israel, 2011, 100, color
Language: Hebrew
Subtitles: Greek
Director: Guy Nativ
Screenplay: Noa Berman-Herzberg, Guy Nattiv
Starring: Ronit Elkabetz, Michael Moshonov, Tzahi Grad, Yoav Rotman
