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Pinkas’ Dream
Pinkas Goren is a 75-year-old farmer from the village of Rehov in the Beit Shean Valley. One morning he wakes up from a dream about his sister Simcha, who is married to a Muslim and lives in Kurdistan. After his dream and despite his sons’ protests, Pinkas sets off on a dangerous journey back to the village where he was born, hoping to learn what happened to his sister, whom he has not seen for over 50 years. He finds his sister living in the remote Kurdish hills, surrounded by a large family, and decides to bring them all to Israel. Now he has to contend with his own shattered dream and some very surprising revelations.
Festivals and Awards:
IFF 1998 – NFCT Award, Freiburg Germany 1999
Director: Ruth Walk
Producer: Naomi Ben Natan
Production Company: Naomi Ben Natan-Schory, the Israeli Film Service
Cinematographer: Ron Katzenelson
Editor: Yael Perlov
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, The Keshet Foundation, The Aliza Shagrir Foundation
Subtitles: English
Film Name in Hebrew: החלום של פנחס
Pinkas Goren is a 75-year-old farmer from the village of Rehov in the Beit Shean Valley. One morning he wakes up from a dream about his sister Simcha, who is married to a Muslim and lives in Kurdistan. After his dream and despite his sons’ protests, Pinkas sets off on a dangerous journey back to the village where he was born, hoping to learn what happened to his sister, whom he has not seen for over 50 years. He finds his sister living in the remote Kurdish hills, surrounded by a large family, and decides to bring them all to Israel. Now he has to contend with his own shattered dream and some very surprising revelations.
Festivals and Awards:
IFF 1998 – NFCT Award, Freiburg Germany 1999
Director: Ruth Walk
Producer: Naomi Ben Natan
Production Company: Naomi Ben Natan-Schory, the Israeli Film Service
Cinematographer: Ron Katzenelson
Editor: Yael Perlov
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, The Keshet Foundation, The Aliza Shagrir Foundation
Subtitles: English
Film Name in Hebrew: החלום של פנחס