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The Fourth Window

The Fourth Window

Behind the international success story of Amos Oz, a symbol of the Israeli conscience and a writer translated into 45 languages, lurked a double tragedy. When he was 12-years-old his mother committed suicide, and a few years before his death his daughter accused him of being physically and mentally violent, ending all communication with him. A series of conversations with his latest biographer presented in the film, weaves biographical passages, literature and conversations with the main people in his life, as Amos Oz tells his last story.

Festivals and Awards:

Docaviv Festival - Israeli Competition, Tel-Aviv Israel, 2021; Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, Greece, 2021.

Director: Yair Qedar

Producer: Yair Qedar

Cinematographer: Itay Marom, Uriel Sinay

Editor: Nili Feller

Soundtrack Editor: Aviv Aldema

Original Soundtrack: Ophir Leibovitz

Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, Kan Israel Public Broadcasting, Other Israel, The Weil Bloch Film Award, Mifal Hapayis

Script: Yair Qedar

Subtitles: Hebrew, English

Film Name in Hebrew: החלון הרביעי

Behind the international success story of Amos Oz, a symbol of the Israeli conscience and a writer translated into 45 languages, lurked a double tragedy. When he was 12-years-old his mother committed suicide, and a few years before his death his daughter accused him of being physically and mentally violent, ending all communication with him. A series of conversations with his latest biographer presented in the film, weaves biographical passages, literature and conversations with the main people in his life, as Amos Oz tells his last story.

Festivals and Awards:

Docaviv Festival - Israeli Competition, Tel-Aviv Israel, 2021; Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, Greece, 2021.

 
The Fourth Window

Director: Yair Qedar

Producer: Yair Qedar

Cinematographer: Itay Marom, Uriel Sinay

Editor: Nili Feller

Soundtrack Editor: Aviv Aldema

Original Soundtrack: Ophir Leibovitz

Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, Kan Israel Public Broadcasting, Other Israel, The Weil Bloch Film Award, Mifal Hapayis

Script: Yair Qedar

Subtitles: Hebrew, English

Film Name in Hebrew: החלון הרביעי

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