Tehilim (film)
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Tehilim is Raphael Nadjari
Raphael Nadjari
Raphaël Nadjari is a French born writer and director for film and television.In 1993, Nadjari started working for French television as a writer and director...

's fifth feature film. It was shot in Jerusalem in 2006.

Plot

In contemporary Jerusalem, a small Jewish family leads an ordinary life until following a car accident, the father mysteriously disappears. They all deal with his absence and the difficulties of everyday life as best they can. While the adults take refuge in silence or traditions, the two children, Menachem and David, seek their own way to find their father.

Cast

  • Michael Moshonov
    Michael Moshonov
    Michael Moshonov is an Israeli actor, singer, musician and TV host. Moshonov won the Ophir Award for Best Actor twice, for Lost Islands and for The Human Resources Manager.-Biography:...

     - Menachem
  • Limor Goldstein - Alma
  • Shmuel Vilozni - Eli
  • Ilan Dar - Shmuel
  • Yoav Hait - Aharon
  • Reut Lev - Deborah

Awards and nominations

  • Cannes Film Festival
    2007 Cannes Film Festival
    The 2007 Cannes Film Festival, the sixtieth, ran from 16 to 27 May 2007. Wong Kar-wai's My Blueberry Nights opened the festival, and Denys Arcand's The Age of Ignorance closed...

     (2007) - In Competition
  • Tokyo FilmEx
    Tokyo Filmex
    Tokyo Filmex is an annual film festival established in 2000. This film festival was launched by Office Kitano, which is Takeshi Kitano's film company.For now, Office Kitano remains as one of the main partners for Tokyo Filmex....

     (2007) - Grand Prize

Format & Release

The film was shot in HD, using prime lenses. The film was released in France by Haut et Court, in Spain, Belgium and Germany and exhibited at the Moma
Moma
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the following year.

Tehilim received top prize in the Tokyo FilmEx. The jury conducted by Lee Chang Dong wrote the following statement : "The mysterious loss of the father of an average Israeli family brings to the fore a universal problem of today's world - the lack of orientation. It is left to the individual whether to see this as a human subject matter, an intimate story or a reflection of Israeli society today. It is told in a personal style, which - as world cinema- transgresses borders and religions.".
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