“Restoration”
3rd ISRAELI FILM WEEK
“Fragile: Families”
Restoration, בוקר טוב אדון פידלמן
Synopsis
One of the partners has died, and bequeathed his share in the business not to his longtime partner Yaakov Fidelman, but to Yaakov’s son Noah Fidelman. The aging Yaakov is a skilled craftsman, who loves his work and keeps exacting standards. However, he has little sense for financial issues, which had always been taken care of by his dead partner. The business is going down, demand for Yaakov’s services is falling off and banks refuse to give him loans. Noah, who had refused to follow in his father’s footsteps and became a successful lawyer, is pressing Yaakov to retire and sell off the workshop which could bring a lucrative profit as the area is undergoing a real-estate boom.
Distinctions / Awards
Best Full-Length Feature Film at Jerusalem Film Festival, 2011
Best film award at Karlovy Vary Film Festival, 2011
World Cinema Screenwriting Award at Sundance 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.
Dramam, Israel, 2011, 102, color
Language: Hebrew
Subtitles: Greek
Director: Yossi Madmoni
Screenplay: Erez Kav-El
Starring: Henry David, Nevo Kimchi, Ruth Burenshtein
