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The Artichoke Season
The film dives into the childhood memories of 10-year-old Rosalie in a Jerusalem slum, when her father leaves home. While Rosalie escapes to the gum trees of the Galapagos islands, her mother, a French immigrant, tries to preserve the delicate ideal of a family. Both try to remain hopeful, while delving into a world of fantasy, where escapism is the cure.
Director: Orna Rottenberg
Producer: Orna Rottenberg
Production Company: Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem, Media Luna Studio
Cinematographer: Orna Rottenberg, Boris Haimov, Ido Chen
Editor: Orna Rottenberg, Ido Chen
Soundtrack Editor: Keren Or Bitton
Original Soundtrack: Omer Hershman
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, The Jerusalem Film & Television Fund
Colourist / Online Editor: Sara Laimon
Script: Orna Rottenberg
Subtitles: Hebrew, English
Film Name in Hebrew: עונת הארטישוק
Category: Aliyah / Borders and Periphery / Children and Youth / Experimental Cinema / Family / Identity / Jerusalem / Student Films / Women
Tag Words: art childhood fantasy France Galapagos Islands Gum Trees immigrant Immigration Jerusalem mother-daughter relationship pink tub slum
The film dives into the childhood memories of 10-year-old Rosalie in a Jerusalem slum, when her father leaves home. While Rosalie escapes to the gum trees of the Galapagos islands, her mother, a French immigrant, tries to preserve the delicate ideal of a family. Both try to remain hopeful, while delving into a world of fantasy, where escapism is the cure.
Director: Orna Rottenberg
Producer: Orna Rottenberg
Production Company: Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem, Media Luna Studio
Cinematographer: Orna Rottenberg, Boris Haimov, Ido Chen
Editor: Orna Rottenberg, Ido Chen
Soundtrack Editor: Keren Or Bitton
Original Soundtrack: Omer Hershman
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, The Jerusalem Film & Television Fund
Colourist / Online Editor: Sara Laimon
Script: Orna Rottenberg
Subtitles: Hebrew, English
Film Name in Hebrew: עונת הארטישוק
Category: Aliyah / Borders and Periphery / Children and Youth / Experimental Cinema / Family / Identity / Jerusalem / Student Films / Women
Tag Words: art childhood fantasy France Galapagos Islands Gum Trees immigrant Immigration Jerusalem mother-daughter relationship pink tub slum
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