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Last Descendant
Eliav is a young commander in the Jewish Underground in 1947. But his real name is Yosef, and he is the last descendant of his family, who all perished in the Holocaust. Yosef suffers from survivor’s guilt and concentration camp syndrome, which brought him to change his identity. Yaakov, a childhood friend of Yosef makes Aliya as an immigrant and joins Eliav’s team. And then Eliav must face the pain he was trying to escape from.
Director: Avital Simckes
Producer: Yinnon Weill
Production Company: Maale Film School
Cinematographer: Meitar Libi Flam
Editor: Kama Schwartz
Soundtrack Editor: Amit Ben Atar
Original Soundtrack: Avital Simckes
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television
Musicians: Yuli Reshef, Avital Simckes, Omer Schneider
Colourist / Online Editor: Eli Zinger
Cast: Roy Reshef, Shahar Tavoch, Meir Tamam
Script: Avital Simckes
Subtitles: English
Film Name in Hebrew: נצר
Category: Aliyah / Family / History / Holocaust / Identity / Israeli Society / Student Films / Zionism
Tag Words: Concentration Camp Syndrome Holocaust loss Maapilim pain underground Zionism
Eliav is a young commander in the Jewish Underground in 1947. But his real name is Yosef, and he is the last descendant of his family, who all perished in the Holocaust. Yosef suffers from survivor’s guilt and concentration camp syndrome, which brought him to change his identity. Yaakov, a childhood friend of Yosef makes Aliya as an immigrant and joins Eliav’s team. And then Eliav must face the pain he was trying to escape from.
Director: Avital Simckes
Producer: Yinnon Weill
Production Company: Maale Film School
Cinematographer: Meitar Libi Flam
Editor: Kama Schwartz
Soundtrack Editor: Amit Ben Atar
Original Soundtrack: Avital Simckes
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television
Musicians: Yuli Reshef, Avital Simckes, Omer Schneider
Colourist / Online Editor: Eli Zinger
Cast: Roy Reshef, Shahar Tavoch, Meir Tamam
Script: Avital Simckes
Subtitles: English
Film Name in Hebrew: נצר
Category: Aliyah / Family / History / Holocaust / Identity / Israeli Society / Student Films / Zionism
Tag Words: Concentration Camp Syndrome Holocaust loss Maapilim pain underground Zionism
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