“Melting Away”
3rd ISRAELI FILM WEEK
“Fragile: Families”
Melting Away נמס בגשם
Synopsis
Shlomo who discovers in his son’s Assaf room, women’s clothing and accessories, decides to ‘teach the boy a lesson’. When Assaf returns to his parents’ home on a rainy night from a party, his attempts to enter home fail. His father, with the silent consent of his mother, locked the door. At present, 4 years later, Gallia turns to an investigation agency to help her find her son Assaf and bring him to Shlomo, his father who is dying of cancer. One night, at a night club in Tel Aviv, Assaf is seen performing as a beautiful transgender lady singer who goes by the name of Anna. After a few days a private nurse turns up at Shlomo’s room at the hospital, sent as she claims by the insurance agency to assist Shlomo. The nurse is Anna (his son Assaf) and she manages to conquer Shlomo’s heart by her charming personality and her special attitude toward life.
Distinctions / Awards
5 Israeli & international awards among which:
Audience Award, Boston Jewish film festival, 2012
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, 2012, 86, color
Language: Hebrew
Subtitles: Greek
Director: Doron Eran
Screenplay: Billy Ben-Moshe
Starring: Hen Yanni, Ami Weinberg, Limor Goldstein
