Winner of 3 Awards at the Tribeca Film Festival and 9 Israeli Academy Awards including Best Picture of the Year. Golden Globe nominee Shira Haas stars in this powerful story about a mother-daughter relationship which celebrates the preciousness that comes out of adversity. Asia (Alena Yiv) is a single mother to 17-year-old Vika (Shira Haas). Vika’s deteriorating health urges Asia to finally find her voice as a mother and to embrace and cherish their time together.
“Pribar’s humane and heartbreaking drama is beautifully photographed and performed; a loving, warm, and even sexy film about death and dying that is teeming with life.” — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times
“The maturity of the directorial voice is evident in its clear-eyed, rigorously unsentimental assessment of a shattering situation.” — David Rooney, Hollywood Reporter
directed by
Ruthy Pribar
Ruthy Pribar
written by
Ruthy Pribar
Ruthy Pribar
with
Alena Yiv, Shira Haas, Tamir Mula, Gera Sandler
Alena Yiv, Shira Haas, Tamir Mula, Gera Sandler
language
Hebrew, Russian
Hebrew, Russian
country
Israel
Israel
production company
Gum Films
Gum Films