Forgiveness
98 minutes, 2006
Sat. Oct 7, 7:30PM, Sequoia
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In English and Hebrew with English subtitles • Stuck in a Middle Eastern sanitarium, Brooklyn-born former Israeli soldier David Adler suffers vivid hallucinations of a girl in a white dress. Are they related to an incident that occurred when on patrol in Tel Aviv, or to the fact that the sanitarium stands on the site of a massacre decades earlier? Udi Aloni′s psychological thriller is rife with suspense, surreal touches and the occasional hip, choreographed musical number (watch out, Bollywood!), but this Israeli-Palestinian collaboration (noted Palestinian actress Clara Khoury plays David′s love interest) is a prime example of coming together for a common goal. Underneath its ecstasy-fueled nightclub escapades and ghost-story trappings, this film is about the need for healing to begin. The soil may be steeped in the sins of the past, but, ultimately, it's the younger generation that fights yesterday′s wars, and the younger generation that will walk together down the path of forgiveness. — D. Fear
Presented in association with the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival.
Director: Udi Aloni
Producer: Lemore Syvan, David Silber, Udi Aloni
Screenwriter: Udi Aloni, Paul Hond
Cinematographer: Amnon Zalait
Editor: Galia Gill Moors
Cast: Itay Tiran, Moni Moshonov, Clara Khoury, Makram J. Khoury, Michael Sarne, Tamara Mansour
Print Source:
Elevation Filmworks
609 Greenwich Street
Suite 401A
New York, NY, 10014
Tel: 212.40.5090
