Ottawa Premiere!
Based on the international best-seller by Amos Oz, the film is the story of his youth, set against the backdrop of the end of the British Mandate for Palestine and the early years of the State of Israel. The film details the young man’s relationship with his mother and his beginnings as a writer, while looking at what happens when the stories we tell, become the stories we live.
The feature directorial debut from Oscar, Golden Globe, and BAFTA winner, Natalie Portman
Cannes Film Fest – Golden Camera nominee!
Presented in Hebrew with English subtitles