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Parano
For the last 24 years, I have been documenting my life obsessively. My journey started in Tel Aviv in 1996, when extra-terrestrials abducted me from my bedroom. The event left me in shock. I closed my production company and hit the road, searching for an answer. I went to Roswell, New York, Paris, and Cuba. I filmed people who were abducted and got implants in their bodies. Suddenly, a Mossad agent shows up, trying to sabotage the production. Then my mom dies, and I find out I was adopted. My father turns out to be a dangerous criminal. My kids and their mom leave for California. I drink and fuck all the time. I hear voices in my head.
My name Is Ariel Semmel and Parano is my crazy true story.
Director: Ariel Semmel
Producer: Ariel Semmel, Gidi Dar, Gil Basarav
Production Company: Station Films
Cinematographer: Ariel Semmel
Editor: Ariel Semmel
Soundtrack Editor: Nati Zeydenstadt
Original Soundtrack: Zoe Polanski, Ingo Vogelman
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, Mifal HaPais Council for the Culture and Arts
Subtitles: Hebrew, English
Film Name in Hebrew: פאראנו
Category: Art and Culture / Experimental Cinema / Family / Identity / International Stories
Tag Words: adoption Cinema Extraterrestrials identity
For the last 24 years, I have been documenting my life obsessively. My journey started in Tel Aviv in 1996, when extra-terrestrials abducted me from my bedroom. The event left me in shock. I closed my production company and hit the road, searching for an answer. I went to Roswell, New York, Paris, and Cuba. I filmed people who were abducted and got implants in their bodies. Suddenly, a Mossad agent shows up, trying to sabotage the production. Then my mom dies, and I find out I was adopted. My father turns out to be a dangerous criminal. My kids and their mom leave for California. I drink and fuck all the time. I hear voices in my head.
My name Is Ariel Semmel and Parano is my crazy true story.
Director: Ariel Semmel
Producer: Ariel Semmel, Gidi Dar, Gil Basarav
Production Company: Station Films
Cinematographer: Ariel Semmel
Editor: Ariel Semmel
Soundtrack Editor: Nati Zeydenstadt
Original Soundtrack: Zoe Polanski, Ingo Vogelman
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, Mifal HaPais Council for the Culture and Arts
Subtitles: Hebrew, English
Film Name in Hebrew: פאראנו
Category: Art and Culture / Experimental Cinema / Family / Identity / International Stories
Tag Words: adoption Cinema Extraterrestrials identity