Synopsis
A film based on Amos Oz’s memories of growing up in Jerusalem in the years before Israeli statehood with his parents; his the academic father, Arieh, and his dreamy, imaginative mother, Fania. They were one of many Jewish families who moved to Palestine from Europe during the 1930s and 1940s to escape persecution. Arieh was cautiously hopeful for the future. But Fania wanted much more. The terror of the war and the running had been followed by the tedium of everyday life, which weighed heavily on Fania’s spirit. Unhappy in her marriage and intellectually stifled, to cheer herself, and to entertain 10-year-old Amos, she would make up stories of adventures, treks across the desert. Amos was enraptured while she read him poetry and explained to him about words and language in a way that would influence his writing his entire life. When the independence didn’t bring with it the renewed sense of life that Fania had hoped for, she slips into solitude and sadness. Unable to help her, Amos must say good-bye before he is ready. As he witnesses the birth of a nation, he must come to terms with his own new beginning.
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Movie Details
| South Korea Releases: | September 6th, 2016 (Wide) |
| Video Release: | December 20th, 2016 by Focus Features |
| MPAA Rating: | PG-13 for thematic content and some disturbing violent images. (Rating bulletin 2425 (Cert #50356), 5/18/2016) |
| Running Time: | 98 minutes |
| Keywords: | Directing Yourself, Israeli Palestinian Conflict, Set in Israel, Writing and Writers, Dream Sequence, Actors Making Their Directorial Debut |
| Source: | Based on Factual Book/Article |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Dramatization |
| Production/Financing Companies: | Movie Plus, Ram Bergman Productions, Keshet, Avi Chai, Israel Film Fund, Pais , Yehoshua Rabinovich Tel-Aviv Foundation for the Arts, Leon Recanati Foundation, Cultural Administration, Israel Ministry of Culture and Sport, Israel Film Council, Jerusalem Film and Television Fund, Gesher Multicultural Film Fund |
| Production Countries: | Israel, United States |
| Languages: | Hebrew |
