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Michal is a renowned Jerusalem artist. One morning, her bed breaks, she falls, and consequently loses her memory. She orders a new bed and discovers that a screw is missing. She complains to the furniture factory, leading to the dismissal of Nadine, a young Palestinian woman, who works packing screws into plastic bags.
This event signals a point of no return for both women until their fates cross again at a border checkpoint. A soldier’s mistake sends Michal to Nadine’s refugee camp and Nadine to Michal’s home in Jerusalem. The switch leads them to discover their innermost desires, the ones they could not access in their previous lives.
Festivals and Awards:
Semaine de la Critique, Cannes Film Festival, France, 2014; Another view at Karlovy Vary Film Festival, the Czech Republic, 2014; Warsaw Film Festival - the Free Spirit Competition, Poland, 2014
Director: Shira Geffen
Producer: David Mandil, Moshe Edery, Leon Edery
Production Company: MoviePlus, United King
Cinematographer: Ziv Berkovich
Editor: Nili Feller
Soundtrack Editor: Alex Claude, Daniel Meir
Original Soundtrack: Amit Poznansky
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, Israel Film Fund, Channel 10, Jerusalem Fund, Pais, United King, MoviePlus, Westend
Cast: Sarah Adler, Samira Saraya, Dorid Lidawi, Ziad Bakri, Naama Shoham
Script: Shira Geffen
Subtitles: Hebrew, English
Film Name in Hebrew: בורג
Category: Israeli Society / Israeli-Palestinian Conflict / Women
Tag Words: amnesia art artist border checkpoint conflict factory IDF Jerusalem memory Palestinians refugee camp
Michal is a renowned Jerusalem artist. One morning, her bed breaks, she falls, and consequently loses her memory. She orders a new bed and discovers that a screw is missing. She complains to the furniture factory, leading to the dismissal of Nadine, a young Palestinian woman, who works packing screws into plastic bags.
This event signals a point of no return for both women until their fates cross again at a border checkpoint. A soldier’s mistake sends Michal to Nadine’s refugee camp and Nadine to Michal’s home in Jerusalem. The switch leads them to discover their innermost desires, the ones they could not access in their previous lives.
Festivals and Awards:
Semaine de la Critique, Cannes Film Festival, France, 2014; Another view at Karlovy Vary Film Festival, the Czech Republic, 2014; Warsaw Film Festival - the Free Spirit Competition, Poland, 2014
Director: Shira Geffen
Producer: David Mandil, Moshe Edery, Leon Edery
Production Company: MoviePlus, United King
Cinematographer: Ziv Berkovich
Editor: Nili Feller
Soundtrack Editor: Alex Claude, Daniel Meir
Original Soundtrack: Amit Poznansky
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, Israel Film Fund, Channel 10, Jerusalem Fund, Pais, United King, MoviePlus, Westend
Cast: Sarah Adler, Samira Saraya, Dorid Lidawi, Ziad Bakri, Naama Shoham
Script: Shira Geffen
Subtitles: Hebrew, English
Film Name in Hebrew: בורג
Category: Israeli Society / Israeli-Palestinian Conflict / Women
Tag Words: amnesia art artist border checkpoint conflict factory IDF Jerusalem memory Palestinians refugee camp