Me'Ever Laharim Vehagvaot (2016)

David is discharged from the army after serving 27 years. He finally returns to his family and tries to find himself in his new civilian life. When a friend suggests working for a company ... See full summary »

Director:

Eran Kolirin

Writer:

Eran Kolirin

Stars:

Alon Pdut, Mili Eshet, Shiree Nadav-Naor

1 win & 8 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Alon Pdut	...	David Greenbaum
Mili Eshet	...	Yifat Greenbaum
Shiree Nadav-Naor	...	Rina Greenbaum (as Shiri Nadav Naor)
Noam Imber	...	Omri Greenbaum
Yoav Rotman	...	Evyatar
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ala Dakka
Oneg Efron
Suzanna Papian
Naama Preis
Shani Rotenberg

Storyline

David is discharged from the army after serving 27 years. He finally returns to his family and tries to find himself in his new civilian life. When a friend suggests working for a company that markets dietary supplements, David sees it as an opportunity to get his foot in the door of the business world and make something out of himself. But this decision slowly gets him and his family entangled in the web of dark forces that rule life in Israel.

---

Plot Keywords:

islamophobia | 

---

Genres:

Drama

---

Details

Country:

Israel Germany Belgium

Language:

Hebrew

Release Date:

9 February 2017 (Israel)

Also Known As:

Au delà des montagnes et des collines

Filming Locations:

Modi'in, Israel

Company Credits

Production Co:

Belfius,Casa Kafka Pictures,Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

User Reviews

Odd pieces that somehow do fit together

Eran Kolerin's previous film, The Exchange, had to do (if I understood it at all, and maybe I didn't) with intentionally attacking the connection between people and their context. In this new one, a man is dislodged from his context-- he retires from his job in the standing army-- and he finds himself a bit of a stranger among his family. His daughter, his wife, and his son all have secrets from him although each of them also reflects an aspect of his own tendencies. The scenes of the film are paced in surprising ways. Some moments last longer than a viewer would normally expect, others are cut off abruptly, and sometimes the film skips moments that we might expect to see. A soundtrack that repeatedly returns to Israeli consensus music, the great Israeli songbook, sometimes sounds ironic against the edgy conflict-ridden situations but also recalls the film's epigraph, in which poet David Avidan remarks that we have nowhere else to go-- meaning not just as a nation among nations, but also as individuals among the vicissitudes of life. The movie leaves some matters unresolved, and it certainly doesn't follow anything like the clean arc of Kolerin's most popular movie, The Band's Visit, but it implies, in a more hopeful way than The Exchange did, that whatever may happen to you or around you, you can decide to define yourself apart from it.