Films A to Z
Machboim
- Runtime:
- 90 min.
- Year of Production:
- 1979
- Country:
- Israel
- Director:
- Cast:
- Doron Tavory
Gila Almagor
Benyamin Armon
Chaim Nadaya
Efrat Lavie - Production Company:
- Jeff Justin-Dan Wolman Production
- Berlinale Section:
- Panorama
- Berlinale Category:
- Feature Film
Twelve year-old Uri reports his teacher Balaban as a spy when he observes him when he meets with a young arab man. Only later does he discover that Balaban's interest in the young arab is romantic rather than political.
Today it is exactly the same as 36 years ago: love between Arabs and Jews is punished, hate and murder are accepted as normality. Dan Wolman casts a brave early look at this never-to-be-accepted situation.
BIOGRAFIE Dan Wolman
Born in Jerusalem in 1941, he studied film in the USA and has directed over 50 short and feature-length documentaries and fiction films. He has taught at Tel Aviv University, the Ma’aleh School in Jerusalem, New York University and the School of Visual Arts in New York. He has also written and produced theatre plays in the USA, Israel and France. He is involved in the support of Israeli-Ethiopian filmmakers and is developing new strategies for independent film distribution. He has won many awards and been a member of numerous festival juries including in Istanbul, Bratislava and Mumbai.
FILMOGRAFIE Dan Wolman (selection)
2010 Gei Oni
2006 Yadayim Kshurot
2004 Habiographia Shel Ben
2000 Ahot Zara
1994 Ha-Merhak
1984 Chayal Halayla
1979 Machboim
1975 Michael Sheli
1975 Informationsschau
1972 Floch
1970 Ha-Timhoni