Based on the novel by Meir Shalev
Feature film
Drama
English
Co-Production Status: Israel, Russia
Filming Location: Israel
After over twenty years of life abroad, a 40-year-old writer comes back to his family house in Israel where he was raised and that he escaped – to face his brother who stayed instead, inherited their family business and married the woman who they both wanted.
My film is a story of great love, return and merciless time. It tells us that there are things in life when time is not a great healer at all, and there are sorts of mistakes that simply shouldn’t be made. It is an almost Biblical story that takes place nowadays – a powerful concentrate of love, hope and humor.
Pavel Lungin
Writers: Pavel Lungin and Evgeny Ruman
Director: Pavel Lungin (“Taxi Blues”, “The Island”, “The Wedding”)
Producers: Pavel Lungin, Serafima Kokhanovskaya, Haim Mecklberg, Estee Yacov-Mecklberg
Executive Producers: Alex Turkot, Yigal Mograbi
Novel by: Meir Shalev
DOP: Fred Kelemen
Production Designer: Sergey Fevralev
Art Director: Shahar Bar-Adon
Costume Designer: Inbal Shuki
Makeup Artist: Orly Ronen
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