Dusk

About The Film

The reverberations of a hit-and-run accident connect intertwining story strands in this bold portrait of contemporary Israeli life, which packs an emotional wallop while reflecting on parent-child relationships. Unfolding over one long day, the action cuts among a welcome-home gone horribly wrong between father and daughter (Shmil Ben Ari and Rotem Zisman Cohen); an airport duty-free clerk (Reymonde Amsellem) tracking down her birth mother (Orly Zilbershatz); a sexy Argentine émigré (Natalia Faust) sweet-talking a troubled doctor (Gal Zaid) into circumcising her nine-year-old son (Ian Zentner); and the son’s hospital adventures with a cancerstricken teen (Yaara Pelzig). When these ordinary lives turn upside down, parents and children must confront difficult moral questions and search for forgiveness. Earnest performances and the striking Ophir-nominated cinematography mark this Haifa International Film Festival Feature Debut winner.