A Perfect Housewife
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A Perfect Housewife
The more that she was forced to fit within her strict patriarchal Georgian community, the more Jane resisted. Refusing to marry, she joined the army, studied film, fell in love and at the age of 38 decided to have a baby. After years of running away from her past, and a moment before motherhood, Jane returns to her roots. Equipped with a camera, she finds the confidence to confront her family and her past for the first time. Using the camera, she tries to break decades of silence in an attempt to better understand her mother and herself in relation to the men in their family, and maybe even find forgiveness as well.
Festivals and Awards:
Docaviv, Tel-Aviv Israel, 2018
Director: Jane Bibi
Producer: Arik Bernstein
Production Company: Alma Films
Cinematographer: Jane Bibi
Editor: Noit Geva
Soundtrack Editor: Ami Arad
Original Soundtrack: Shay Alon
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television
Colourist / Online Editor: Peleg Levi
Script: Jane Bibi
Subtitles: Hebrew, English
Film Name in Hebrew: אישה של בית
Category: Ethnicity / Family / Greenhouse Films / Israeli Society / Women
Tag Words: conservative community Georgia Georgian Jews mother-daughter relationship patriarchy
The more that she was forced to fit within her strict patriarchal Georgian community, the more Jane resisted. Refusing to marry, she joined the army, studied film, fell in love and at the age of 38 decided to have a baby. After years of running away from her past, and a moment before motherhood, Jane returns to her roots. Equipped with a camera, she finds the confidence to confront her family and her past for the first time. Using the camera, she tries to break decades of silence in an attempt to better understand her mother and herself in relation to the men in their family, and maybe even find forgiveness as well.
Festivals and Awards:
Docaviv, Tel-Aviv Israel, 2018
Director: Jane Bibi
Producer: Arik Bernstein
Production Company: Alma Films
Cinematographer: Jane Bibi
Editor: Noit Geva
Soundtrack Editor: Ami Arad
Original Soundtrack: Shay Alon
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television
Colourist / Online Editor: Peleg Levi
Script: Jane Bibi
Subtitles: Hebrew, English
Film Name in Hebrew: אישה של בית
Category: Ethnicity / Family / Greenhouse Films / Israeli Society / Women
Tag Words: conservative community Georgia Georgian Jews mother-daughter relationship patriarchy