America

Name: America
Genre: Drama
Released: 2023-10-03
Cast: Oshrat Ingadashet, Michael Moshonov, Ofri Biterman, Moni Moshonov, Irit Sheleg

An Israeli swimming tutor living in Chicago returns to Israel after 10 years of absence to bury his father. An encounter with a beloved childhood friend and his newly engaged girlfriend will set a series of events that will affect everyone's lives.

America

Ofir Raul Graizer

Czechia, Germany, Israel 2022

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Czech

127 min.

12+

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This film is available until 8. 12. 2032 in these territories: Czechia.

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About

Eli works as a swimming coach in Chicago but news of his father’s death necessitates his return to his native Israel. Eli seems to have put the past behind him yet, even so, he decides to contact Yotam, a childhood friend, who now runs a flower shop with his fiancée Iris. Reigniting an old friendship sets in motion a series of events that have a lasting impact on the lives of everyone involved… After the success of The Cakemaker Ofir Raul Graizer returns to the Karlovy Vary IFF with an affectionate tribute to 60s and 70s cinema in a film full of emotion, colour and fragrance that pays homage to values such as friendship, love and moral responsibility.

Credits

Director: Ofir Raul Graizer

Screenplay: Ofir Raul Graizer

Cinematography: Omri Aloni

Music: Dominique Charpentier

Sound: Daniel Mualem

Editing: Michal Oppenheim, Ofir Raul Graizer

Production Design: Daniel Kossow, Nizan Zifrut

Producer: Itai Tamir, Ofir Raul Graizer, Marcos Kantis, Jan Macola

Co-production: Ami Livne

Costumes: Lital Goldfine

Cast: Oshrat Ingadashet, Michael Moshonov, Ofri Biterman, Moni Moshonov, Irit Sheleg, Evelyn Kaplun, Ruba Blal, Lukas Henri Kropat, Seumas F. Sargent, Udi Razzin

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