Seven Days in Elul
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Seven Days in Elul
Dudu Peled has a secret. In a military action during reserve duty he accidentally shot and killed his commander, Amnon Rifkin. The official investigation absolved him of responsibility, but since the incident he is tormented by an overpowering sense of guilt. Fifteen years later, the delicate balance that he created to pull his life together suddenly falls apart, when his wife Naomi meets Amnon’s widow Ruthie. As the two women become close friends, Dudu has to free himself from the tangled web he’s caught in, and he has to do it fast …
Director: Amir Zait
Producer: Yoram Mandel, Neti Zait, Galit Benglas
Cinematographer: Shai Goldman
Editor: Era Lapid
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, Keshet Foundation
Musicians: Art Director: Moshe Kasirer
Cast: Menashe Noy, Anat Atzmon, Efrat Rayten, Nachum Tagar
Subtitles: English
Film Name in Hebrew: שבעה ימים באלול
Category: Family / Israeli Society
Tag Words: accident army Guilt IDF investigation military relationship reserve duty tragedy
Dudu Peled has a secret. In a military action during reserve duty he accidentally shot and killed his commander, Amnon Rifkin. The official investigation absolved him of responsibility, but since the incident he is tormented by an overpowering sense of guilt. Fifteen years later, the delicate balance that he created to pull his life together suddenly falls apart, when his wife Naomi meets Amnon’s widow Ruthie. As the two women become close friends, Dudu has to free himself from the tangled web he’s caught in, and he has to do it fast …
Director: Amir Zait
Producer: Yoram Mandel, Neti Zait, Galit Benglas
Cinematographer: Shai Goldman
Editor: Era Lapid
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, Keshet Foundation
Musicians: Art Director: Moshe Kasirer
Cast: Menashe Noy, Anat Atzmon, Efrat Rayten, Nachum Tagar
Subtitles: English
Film Name in Hebrew: שבעה ימים באלול
Category: Family / Israeli Society
Tag Words: accident army Guilt IDF investigation military relationship reserve duty tragedy