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Black Notebooks
A man learns from a Moroccan fortune-teller that his sister is about to die. Together, they embark upon a fictional journey in an attempt to alter the prediction, revisiting the past and the present to defy an implacable future. But the prophecy still shadows them – as in life, so in cinema.
Black Notebooks – Viviane, 100 min.; Black Notebooks – Ronit, 108 min.
Festivals and Awards:
Festival de Cannes, France, 2021, Jerusalem Film Festival, Israel, 2021
Director: Shlomi Elkabetz
Producer: Shlomi Elkabetz, Galit Cahlon
Cinematographer: Shlomi Elkabetz
Editor: Joelle Alexis
Soundtrack Editor: Itzik Cohen
Original Soundtrack: Dikla
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, Kan the Israeli Public Broadcast corporation (IPBC), The Film & Media Collaborative Gesher Multicultural Film Fund | AVI CHAI | Maimonides Fund, The Israeli Ministry of Culture and Sports, The Israel Film Council,Israel Lottery Council for Culture & Arts
Script: Shlomi Elkabetz
Subtitles: Hebrew, English
Film Name in Hebrew: מחברות שחורות
Category: Art and Culture / Family / Identity / Immigration / Women
Tag Words: 7 Days acting actress Brother-Sister relationship Cancer Death diary Family France Gett Love Morocco Ronit Elkabetz Shlomi Elkabetz To Take a Wife
A man learns from a Moroccan fortune-teller that his sister is about to die. Together, they embark upon a fictional journey in an attempt to alter the prediction, revisiting the past and the present to defy an implacable future. But the prophecy still shadows them – as in life, so in cinema.
Black Notebooks – Viviane, 100 min.; Black Notebooks – Ronit, 108 min.
Festivals and Awards:
Festival de Cannes, France, 2021, Jerusalem Film Festival, Israel, 2021
Director: Shlomi Elkabetz
Producer: Shlomi Elkabetz, Galit Cahlon
Cinematographer: Shlomi Elkabetz
Editor: Joelle Alexis
Soundtrack Editor: Itzik Cohen
Original Soundtrack: Dikla
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, Kan the Israeli Public Broadcast corporation (IPBC), The Film & Media Collaborative Gesher Multicultural Film Fund | AVI CHAI | Maimonides Fund, The Israeli Ministry of Culture and Sports, The Israel Film Council,Israel Lottery Council for Culture & Arts
Script: Shlomi Elkabetz
Subtitles: Hebrew, English
Film Name in Hebrew: מחברות שחורות
Category: Art and Culture / Family / Identity / Immigration / Women
Tag Words: 7 Days acting actress Brother-Sister relationship Cancer Death diary Family France Gett Love Morocco Ronit Elkabetz Shlomi Elkabetz To Take a Wife
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