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Ella and Edik, two brothers from a traditional Bukhari family (Uzbek Jews), arrive early on the eve of a Jewish holiday, to their parents’ home in a small town in Israel. There they find their homophobic father dead and dressed in women’s clothes. While their mother is on her way home, they have to decide what to do.
Director: Haya Moshaev
Producer: Lev Orlov
Cinematographer: Tal Ninyo
Editor: Shay-Lee Atari, Yaniv Lavie
Soundtrack Editor: Kobi Vitman
Original Soundtrack: Kobi Vitman
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, South Film Fund, Gesher Multicultural Film Fund
Colourist / Online Editor: Omer Weiss
Visual Effects: Natalia Raz
Cast: Tamara Klingon, Adir Shtiebelman, Svetlana Damidov, Maria Belkin
Script: Haya Moshaev
Subtitles: Hebrew, English
Film Name in Hebrew: פחזניות
Category: Aliyah / Borders and Periphery / Family / Identity / Immigration / Israeli Society / LGBT
Tag Words: Bukhari Bukhari Jews cross dressing Homophobic siblings traditional family Uzbek Uzbekistan
Ella and Edik, two brothers from a traditional Bukhari family (Uzbek Jews), arrive early on the eve of a Jewish holiday, to their parents’ home in a small town in Israel. There they find their homophobic father dead and dressed in women’s clothes. While their mother is on her way home, they have to decide what to do.
Director: Haya Moshaev
Producer: Lev Orlov
Cinematographer: Tal Ninyo
Editor: Shay-Lee Atari, Yaniv Lavie
Soundtrack Editor: Kobi Vitman
Original Soundtrack: Kobi Vitman
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, South Film Fund, Gesher Multicultural Film Fund
Colourist / Online Editor: Omer Weiss
Visual Effects: Natalia Raz
Cast: Tamara Klingon, Adir Shtiebelman, Svetlana Damidov, Maria Belkin
Script: Haya Moshaev
Subtitles: Hebrew, English
Film Name in Hebrew: פחזניות
Category: Aliyah / Borders and Periphery / Family / Identity / Immigration / Israeli Society / LGBT
Tag Words: Bukhari Bukhari Jews cross dressing Homophobic siblings traditional family Uzbek Uzbekistan
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