For My Father ( Alles für meinen Vater) Hebrew Drama Movie 2009
Cast and Crew
Cast : Shredy Jabarin ,Hili Yalon ,Shlomo Vishinsky ,Michael Moshonov ,
Avital Pasternak ,Yussef Abu Warda ,Rozina Kambus ,Johnny Arbid ,Chef Israel Aharoni
Producers : Shlomo Mograbi,Haike Wiehle Timm,Eviatar Dotan
Director: Dror Zahavi
Writers:Ido Dror (writer) ,Jonatan Dror
Release Date: 1/29/2010
Genre:Drama
Runtime:Israel:100 min
Country: Germany | Israel
Language: Hebrew
For My Father Plot Summary:
The story takes place during one weekend in Tel-Aviv, in three main spots that lead to Carmel Market. There are three protagonists : 1. Tarek , a Palestinian youth from Nablus. 2. Katz , an embittered old fellow. 3. Keren , a 17 years old girl , who grew up in a strictly religious family , left her home to become a secular youngster. The three "heroes" are loners, driven by their past and by their inner conviction.Synopsis:
A man prepared to commit a profound act of hatred unexpectedly discovers compassion and understanding in this drama from Israeli filmmaker Dror Zahavi. Tarek (Shredi Jabarin) is an Arab man in his early twenties who left behind a promising career in soccer to join a radical terrorist group.
Tarek volunteers to be a suicide bomber and travels from Tulkarem to Tel Aviv, planning to explode himself in the Carmel Market on a busy Saturday morning. However, Tarek's bomb turns out to be a dud, and he's left stranded with nowhere to go. Looking for a place to spend the night, Tarek is befriended by Katz (Shlomo Vishinsky), an aging electrician who lost his only son to fighting against the Arab states. As the day wears on, Tarek meets Keren (Hili Yalon), a woman who was raised in an Ultra-Orthodox household and left her family behind in search of her own freedom. Tarek finds a kindred spirit in Keren and acceptance in Katz, forcing him to reexamine the choices that brought him to Tel Aviv in the first place. Sof Shavua Be-Tel Aviv (aka For My Father) received its North American premiere at the 2008 Montreal World Film Festival.Movie Reviews :
I have a penchant for films that delve into storylines where the notion of sacrifice is explored via martyrdom or catch-22 type situations of, to kill or not to kill. The idea of a person duck-taping sticks of dynamite to their body is so foreign to North American audiences, that in a way, the lure of such films is how the act psychological manifests itself inside the film's protagonist. I think back to classics such as Pontecorvo's Battle of Algiers and more recently, Hany Abu-Assad's Paradise Now with today's announcement. Film Movement have strapped themselves to Dror Zahavi's For My Father (Sof Shavua B'Tel Aviv), the picture about possibly altering the destination of one's actions will be set up for an eventual limited theatrical run late in the calender year with their usual cable release quickly right after. The dubbed German trailer below spells out acts I and II, but leaves us guessing in the final act.
For My Father focuses on Terek, a Palestinian forced on a suicide mission in Tel Aviv to redeem his father’s honor, is given a second chance when the fuse on his explosive vest fails to detonate. Forced to spend the weekend in Tel Aviv awaiting its repair, Terek must live amongst the people he was planning to kill. To his surprise he connects with several Israelis on the outskirts of society, including the beautiful Keren, who has cut off contact with her Orthodox family and upbringing. With nothing to lose, Terek and Keren open up to one another, and an unlikely love blooms between two isolated and damaged individuals, raised to be enemies.
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