Romantic comedy | Israel 2019
Swiss premiere
OV w. Eng. ST | 83′ | Yossi Atia, David Ofek
Yossi Atia, Lihi Kornowski, Itamar Rose et al.
Houdini
Online-Edition
Born and raised in Jerusalem, Ronen Matalon feels a calling to be a special kind of tour guide. Under the motto ‘From Trauma to Fantasy’, he guides tourists along Jaffa Road on a trail left by terrorist attacks, trying to make the collective trauma of these tragedies comprehensible. This causes him to meet a young fun-loving woman. The intense conflict between his childhood memories and his newfound love leads Ronen to come into contact with his own private traumas and to start finding out whether he has a will to live or only a fear of death.
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JERUSALEM FILM FESTIVAL
Best First Feature