English Movie 2009 Phobidilia
Cast And Crew
Cast: Ofer Shechter, Efrat Baumwald,
Shlomo Bar Shavit, Efrat Dor
Directed by: Yoav Paz, Doron Paz
Rating: NR
Theatrical Release 9/14/2009
Running Time: 87 Minutes
Status: Production/Awaiting Release
Country: Israel
Genre: Drama
Reviews
After suffering an emotional breakdown in a public place, a young man vows to quit the chaotic city life and never leave his apartment. He quickly discovers that in today’s world all his needs can be easily met: sex via the internet, food by telephone delivery and entertainment by television. Four years later, his idyllic existence comes under attack when Daniella, a free spirited girl comes into his life while Grumps, the building’s real estate agent, informs him that the apartment is about to be sold. Both Grumps, an elderly holocaust survivor with a troubled past and Daniella a cheerful young woman with a disastrous love history, are the first people in a long while to care about our hero. Both think the only way out is OUT. However, our hero refuses to leave his kingdom and decides to fight till the bitter end. ~ Baseline StudioSystems
After suffering an emotional breakdown in a public place, a young man vows to quit the chaotic city life and never leave his apartment. He quickly discovers that in today’s world all his needs can be easily met: sex via the internet, food by telephone delivery and entertainment by television. Four years later, his idyllic existence comes under attack when Daniella, a free spirited girl comes into his life while Grumps, the building’s real estate agent, informs him that the apartment is about to be sold. Both Grumps, an elderly holocaust survivor with a troubled past and Daniella a cheerful young woman with a disastrous love history, are the first people in a long while to care about our hero. Both think the only way out is OUT. However, our hero refuses to leave his kingdom and decides to fight till the bitter end.
After the first, incredible trailer we posted for this Israeli thriller, I'm disappointed. This new, English subbed trailer give us more of an overview, done Hollywood style, almost giving away the story while concentrating on the more mundane, and boring, aspects of the film. Phobidilia will be premiering at TIFF, and honestly, I still want to see it.
Regev, a young computer programmer, decides to completely cut himself off from the world. After suffering an emotional breakdown in a public place, he begins to develop agoraphobia and creates a secluded idyll private kingdom of his own in which all of his needs are met: work via the internet, food by phone delivery and entertainment by television. After two years of solitary paradise in his apartment, Regev's life is on the verge of falling apart when Gramps, a holocaust survivor who works as the building's real estate broker, tells him that his apartment is about to be sold. Regev is neither ready nor able to give up his kingdom, and a battle of wills between the two erupts. A battle that unleashes a progressive process of personal
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