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Fortuna
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Every year in May, the six Dvash sisters leave their homes, husbands, children, and grandchildren, as well as all of their work and worries, for a luxury vacation in Eilat. For a brief time they forget about the world around them and even drop their names – calling each other “ikhchi” (Arabic for “my sister”). Behind these magical times together lies a miserable childhood in the shadow of their mother Fortuna, who betrayed her maternal role. Their painful stories of a traumatic childhood are intertwined with the optimism of sisterhood, friendship, sacrifice, strength, survival, intimacy, love and victory.
Festivals and Awards:
Special Mention at the Jerusalem International Film Festival, Israel, 2000; Psychoanalytical Films, London, UK, 2001
Director: Timna Rosenheimer
Producer: Hagai Levi, Osnat Eitan
Cinematographer: Itzik Portal
Editor: Naomi Press-Aviram
Supporter(s): "The Joint Social Fund" established by the New Fund for Cinema and Television and the Second Television and Radio Authority, The National Council for Culture and the Arts
Subtitles: English
Film Name in Hebrew: איחצ'י
Every year in May, the six Dvash sisters leave their homes, husbands, children, and grandchildren, as well as all of their work and worries, for a luxury vacation in Eilat. For a brief time they forget about the world around them and even drop their names – calling each other “ikhchi” (Arabic for “my sister”). Behind these magical times together lies a miserable childhood in the shadow of their mother Fortuna, who betrayed her maternal role. Their painful stories of a traumatic childhood are intertwined with the optimism of sisterhood, friendship, sacrifice, strength, survival, intimacy, love and victory.
Festivals and Awards:
Special Mention at the Jerusalem International Film Festival, Israel, 2000; Psychoanalytical Films, London, UK, 2001
![](https://nfct.org.il/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/איחצי-604x483.jpg)
Director: Timna Rosenheimer
Producer: Hagai Levi, Osnat Eitan
Cinematographer: Itzik Portal
Editor: Naomi Press-Aviram
Supporter(s): "The Joint Social Fund" established by the New Fund for Cinema and Television and the Second Television and Radio Authority, The National Council for Culture and the Arts
Subtitles: English
Film Name in Hebrew: איחצ'י