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Documentary. 100 mins, Israel. Hebrew with
English subtitles.
The story is about a group of mentally retarded people in a shelter in Israel. It has a
personal and intimate approach, reflecting the deep involvement of the movie team with the
inmates. The long and intriguing experience started with instinctive rejection (by the
team), gradually replaced by sympathy and involvement with the inhabitants, surfacing wide
variety of intensive feelings: sorrow, pain, jealousy, love and joy.
The film accompanies several figures, concentrates on their daily routine, focusing on
small details, thus enables them to “Grow” to their full volume. Retarded are
unable to build defenses and tend to expose their innermost feeling. Thus becoming the
mirrors of our inner souls. That perhaps is the main reason for our initial rejection,
namely, a fear of identifying ourselves in them. “Now we are all stars in a
movie” said one of them “We are going to be seen by the whole world on
television”
Last filming day. Parting is difficult. The magic is fading away. The “stars”
are back to their routine lives and the movie team leaves, changed, fuller than before.Festival and Awards
First price in the documentary section, International film Festival in Haifa, Israel.
Festival “Cinema Du Réel” in Paris Center Georges Pompidou.
First price for Best documentary film and best director in the International Documentary
Films Festival in Tel Aviv “Doc Aviv”.
“Gold Plaque” in INTERCOM, The International Communications Film&Video
Competition – Art/Humanities, in Chicago, USA.
Honorable Mention in Verona, San Gio’ Italy at The International Video Film.
6th Mumbai International Film Festival in India.
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