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Benny (17), an only child who lost her mother at birth, lives with her fundamentalist father in a Jewish settlement inside an Arab neighborhood in the heart of East Jerusalem (Silwan). As her father becomes more and more obsessed with a red heifer that he believes will bring the redemption, Benny drifts further away and into the arms of Yael, a young new woman in her life and embarks on a personal journey that will shape her religious, political and sexual consciousness.
Festivals and Awards:
The Robert Nissim Haggiag Award for best Israeli Feature Film, the Anat Pirchi Award for Best Debut Film and Haggiag Award for Best Actress: Avigayil Koevary - The Jerusalem International Film Festival, Israel, 2018, Berlin Film Festival 2018
Director: Tsivia Barkai Yacov
Producer: Itai Tamir Co-Producer: Ami Livne, Ronen Ben Tal
Production Company: Laila Films
Cinematographer: Boaz Yehonatan Yacov
Editor: Haim Tabakman
Soundtrack Editor: Michael Goorevich
Original Soundtrack: Karni Postel
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, Israel Film Fund
Colourist / Online Editor: Aharon Peer
Visual Effects: Eran Feller
Cast: Avigayil Koevary, Gal Toren, Moran Rosenblatt.
Script: Tsivia Barkai Yacov
Distributor: LAILA FILMS ,World Sales: FILMS BOUTIQUE
Subtitles: Hebrew, English
Film Name in Hebrew: פרה אדומה
Benny (17), an only child who lost her mother at birth, lives with her fundamentalist father in a Jewish settlement inside an Arab neighborhood in the heart of East Jerusalem (Silwan). As her father becomes more and more obsessed with a red heifer that he believes will bring the redemption, Benny drifts further away and into the arms of Yael, a young new woman in her life and embarks on a personal journey that will shape her religious, political and sexual consciousness.
Festivals and Awards:
The Robert Nissim Haggiag Award for best Israeli Feature Film, the Anat Pirchi Award for Best Debut Film and Haggiag Award for Best Actress: Avigayil Koevary - The Jerusalem International Film Festival, Israel, 2018, Berlin Film Festival 2018
Director: Tsivia Barkai Yacov
Producer: Itai Tamir Co-Producer: Ami Livne, Ronen Ben Tal
Production Company: Laila Films
Cinematographer: Boaz Yehonatan Yacov
Editor: Haim Tabakman
Soundtrack Editor: Michael Goorevich
Original Soundtrack: Karni Postel
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, Israel Film Fund
Colourist / Online Editor: Aharon Peer
Visual Effects: Eran Feller
Cast: Avigayil Koevary, Gal Toren, Moran Rosenblatt.
Script: Tsivia Barkai Yacov
Distributor: LAILA FILMS ,World Sales: FILMS BOUTIQUE
Subtitles: Hebrew, English
Film Name in Hebrew: פרה אדומה
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