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17 Beginnings of Talia

Twenty-five years after the death of actress Talia Shapira, her son begins a journey to retrace her life. He combs through the vast belongings his mother left behind – diaries, stories, films, audio tapes – as he peels his memories layer by layer, finally arriving at the most significant moment in their relationship: Talia’s last days.
Seventeen chapters of observation constitute an abstract and emotional mosaic, an intense investigation into the essence and meaning of a dialogue between mother and son – a dialogue that transcends words and time.
The unique way in which the director has chosen to describe this process of deciphering his mother’s life poignantly conveys both the need as well as the inherent difficulities to connect incidental moments of our lives into meaningful stories.

Festivals and Awards:

DocAviv International Film Festival, Israel, 2015

Director: Yoni Bentovim

Producer: Anath Kandell

Production Company: One Light Productions

Cinematographer: Ofer Inov, Yoni Bentovim

Editor: Emily Harris

Soundtrack Editor: Yossi Appelbaum

Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television,Channel 8 - HOT,

Script: Yoni Bentovim

Subtitles: Hebrew, English

Film Name in Hebrew: 17 התחלות על טליה

Twenty-five years after the death of actress Talia Shapira, her son begins a journey to retrace her life. He combs through the vast belongings his mother left behind – diaries, stories, films, audio tapes – as he peels his memories layer by layer, finally arriving at the most significant moment in their relationship: Talia’s last days.
Seventeen chapters of observation constitute an abstract and emotional mosaic, an intense investigation into the essence and meaning of a dialogue between mother and son – a dialogue that transcends words and time.
The unique way in which the director has chosen to describe this process of deciphering his mother’s life poignantly conveys both the need as well as the inherent difficulities to connect incidental moments of our lives into meaningful stories.

Festivals and Awards:

DocAviv International Film Festival, Israel, 2015

 

Director: Yoni Bentovim

Producer: Anath Kandell

Production Company: One Light Productions

Cinematographer: Ofer Inov, Yoni Bentovim

Editor: Emily Harris

Soundtrack Editor: Yossi Appelbaum

Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television,Channel 8 - HOT,

Script: Yoni Bentovim

Subtitles: Hebrew, English

Film Name in Hebrew: 17 התחלות על טליה

Category: Art and Culture / Family

 

Tag Words: childhood Death Memories

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