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Sisters In Arms
This is the story of five women who, in their youth, chose to leave the comfortable city life to pursue the ideological struggle of the settler movement. For more than 14 years, they firmly kept their yearly tradition of taking a holiday together, far from their husbands, their work obligations and their many children. This is how they created for themselves a haven in the midst of the messianic fervor that characterized life on the Samarian settlement of Elon Moreh.Two years ago, a terrorist succeeded in penetrating the settlement, and murdered one of the women in her home. This event unraveled the fragile tapestry of the female camaraderie, and each went on her own separate way. The film brings the four remaining women back to their traditional vacation as they examine their individual and collective journeys.
Festivals and Awards:
Haifa International Film Festival, Israel, 2006, FIPATEL FIPA, Biarritz, France, 2007
Director: Avital Livneh-Levi
Producer: Liora Landau
Production Company: Omer TV
Cinematographer: Uri Ackerman, Dani Barnea
Editor: Yael Lavi
Original Soundtrack: Alex Claude
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television. Reshet TV
Script: Avital Livneh-Levi, Yael Lavi
Distributor: Go2Films
Subtitles: Hebrew, English
Film Name in Hebrew: החברות משם
Category: Israeli Society / Israeli-Palestinian Conflict / Women / Zionism
Tag Words: Elon Moreh Faith friendship grief Ideology Motherhood settlers Terrorism
This is the story of five women who, in their youth, chose to leave the comfortable city life to pursue the ideological struggle of the settler movement. For more than 14 years, they firmly kept their yearly tradition of taking a holiday together, far from their husbands, their work obligations and their many children. This is how they created for themselves a haven in the midst of the messianic fervor that characterized life on the Samarian settlement of Elon Moreh.Two years ago, a terrorist succeeded in penetrating the settlement, and murdered one of the women in her home. This event unraveled the fragile tapestry of the female camaraderie, and each went on her own separate way. The film brings the four remaining women back to their traditional vacation as they examine their individual and collective journeys.
Festivals and Awards:
Haifa International Film Festival, Israel, 2006, FIPATEL FIPA, Biarritz, France, 2007
Director: Avital Livneh-Levi
Producer: Liora Landau
Production Company: Omer TV
Cinematographer: Uri Ackerman, Dani Barnea
Editor: Yael Lavi
Original Soundtrack: Alex Claude
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television. Reshet TV
Script: Avital Livneh-Levi, Yael Lavi
Distributor: Go2Films
Subtitles: Hebrew, English
Film Name in Hebrew: החברות משם
Category: Israeli Society / Israeli-Palestinian Conflict / Women / Zionism
Tag Words: Elon Moreh Faith friendship grief Ideology Motherhood settlers Terrorism