Sheva Brachot (Seven Blessings) brings the family drama as the Israeli Ophir Award winner opens the Chicago Festival of Israeli Cinema. The film is described as a comedy-drama but it plays more to the dramatic side than anything else. If you’re Jewish, you can skip the rest of this paragraph. For my non-Jewish readers, the Sheva Brachot are the seven blessings at Jewish weddings. Any meals with the bride and groom in the seven days…
"Sheva Brachot (Seven Blessings) – Chicago Festival of Israeli Cinema"Tag: Daniel Sabag
A family sees massive fighting when they reunite to bury their father’s remains in writer-director Yona Rozenkier’s semi-autobiographical feature, The Dive. As Avishai (Micha Rozenkier) is finishing up his mandatory IDF training, he’s reunited with his older brothers who prepare him for the harsh realities of war. Itai (Yona Rozenkier) is the first of the older brothers who we meet. As the family, including their mom, Franca (Claudia Dulitchi), gather, Yoav (Yoel Rozenkier) shows up and…
"TIFF 2018: The Dive (HaTzlila)"