Ha-Kayitz Shel Aviya (1989)

Director:

Eli Cohen

Writers:

Gila Almagor (screenplay), Haim Bouzaglo (screenplay),

Stars:

Gila Almagor, Kaipu Cohen, Eli Cohen

2 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Gila Almagor	...	Henya Aleksandrowicz
Kaipu Cohen	...	Aviya Aleksandrowicz (as Kaipu)
Eli Cohen	...	Max Gantz
Marina Rossetti	...	Lena Gantz
Avital Dicker	...	Maya Abramson
Dina Avrech	...	Ruth Abramson
Ya'ackov Ayali	...	Alter
Rami Baruch	...	Haim Altman
Yossi Kantz	...	Neighbour
Ariella Rabinovich	...	Puah (as Ariela Rubinovitz)
Ruthy Wysenbeek	...	Masha Gantz
Sandra Sade	...	Aunt Alice
Yitzhak Goren
Solly Ganor	...	Dr. Engel
Ilana Reff

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

autobiographical

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Genres:

Biography | Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Film Synopsis & Photo

Country:

Israel

Language:

Hebrew Polish

Release Date:

5 April 1991 (Sweden)

Also Known As:

Summer of Aviya

Filming Locations:

Kfar Avraham, Petah-Tikvah, Israel

Box Office

Budget:

$350,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Gila Almagor, Summer of Aviya Ltd.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Featured in A History of Israeli Cinema (2009)

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Soundtracks

"Agada"
(uncredited)
Words by Yaacov Fichman
Music by Hanina Kartzavski

User Reviews

rebuilding a family after the Holocaust

Award-winning writer-actress Gila Almagor recalls some of the trauma she experienced as a child while living in a small Israeli settlement just after World War II. In a bold, emotional performance Almagor herself portrays her own mother, a Nazi death camp survivor, whose harsh and overprotective affection toward her ten-year old daughter betrayed the symptoms of an inevitable nervous breakdown. It may sound like just another coming-of age story, but the film is more an intense and cathartic drama about divided families and about the lingering after-effects of the Holocaust, devastating in its implications and filled with moments of insight, compassion, and tragedy. Equally impressive is the debut performance by ten-year old Kaipo Cohen in the title role, and director Eli Cohen himself co-stars as the European immigrant young Aviya suspects (wrongly) of being her long-lost father.