The Death of Cinema and My Father Too
Moto shel hakolnoa veshel aba sheli gum
Director: Dani Rosenberg
Country: Israel
German Premiere
2020 | 100 min. | Hebrew
Subtitles: German, English
FSK 18
Cast_ Marek Rozenbaum, Roni Kuban, Ina Rosenberg Screenplay_ Dani Rosenberg, Itay Kohay Camera_ David Stragmeister Producer_ Stav Morag Meron, Dani Rosenberg, Carol Polakoff Rights_ Films Boutique
A son shortly before the birth of his own child. A father ready for his approaching death. Between them a film project that lovingly questions the Israeli zeitgeist.
In light of a possible attack from Iran, a family flees in the middle of the night from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Gathering together the family members is anything but easy: the grandmother wants to cook first, the ex wife insists on custody. Is this night time agitation mere paranoia? Once they’re finally on the road, the cat runs away at a rest stop. And the ailing father gets a heavy coughing fit. Stop. The film shoot within the film that Assaf is planning with his father Yoel is at risk from the get-go.
The feature debut of exceptional talent Dani Rosenberg, which includes the collaboration of Berlinale-winner Nadav Lapid, is many things at once: a gentle comedy about absurd everyday life in Israel, the drama of bidding farewell to a father ill with cancer, and a documentary about holding on to the present as it slips through your fingers.
Official Selection Cannes 2020