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The Little Things
The film follows Yudale, a religious youth from the settlements, as he experiences a crisis of faith. As he receives a camera from Michal, a Tel Aviv director who teaches him how to film,
Yehuda documents his life on the line between the settlement Tko’a and Tel Aviv: his final conversations with his dying father—Rabbi Menachem Fruman– their joint study, and saying goodbye to him. When his father dies, Yehuda chooses to take off his kippah.
During the year of mourning, he continues to document his life outside the religious world: exploring Tel Aviv, talking to Michal, and his new perspective on his family and their way of life.
Elisheva, a newly observant Jew orphaned from her mother, comes into his life as a soul mate exactly at the moment when he loses hope of finding his way.
Festivals and Awards:
Docaviv International Film Festival, Tel Aviv, Israel, 2019
Director: Michal Aronzon
Producer: Adi Bar Yossef, Michal Aronzon, Astar Goldberg- Co Producer
Production Company: Adi & Michal Films
Cinematographer: Yehuda Fruman
Editor: Neta Dvorkis
Soundtrack Editor: Neal Gibbs
Original Soundtrack: Alon Peretz
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, Mifal Hapayis
Script: Michal Aronzon, Adi Bar Yossef
Distributor: Adi & Michal Films
Subtitles: Hebrew, English
Film Name in Hebrew: הדברים הקטנים
Category: Children and Youth / Family / Identity / Old Age / Religion
Tag Words: camera crisis of faith Death Jewish Settlment Kippah mourning Observant Jew Rabbi Fruman Religion Tel Aviv Tko'a
The film follows Yudale, a religious youth from the settlements, as he experiences a crisis of faith. As he receives a camera from Michal, a Tel Aviv director who teaches him how to film,
Yehuda documents his life on the line between the settlement Tko’a and Tel Aviv: his final conversations with his dying father—Rabbi Menachem Fruman– their joint study, and saying goodbye to him. When his father dies, Yehuda chooses to take off his kippah.
During the year of mourning, he continues to document his life outside the religious world: exploring Tel Aviv, talking to Michal, and his new perspective on his family and their way of life.
Elisheva, a newly observant Jew orphaned from her mother, comes into his life as a soul mate exactly at the moment when he loses hope of finding his way.
Festivals and Awards:
Docaviv International Film Festival, Tel Aviv, Israel, 2019
Director: Michal Aronzon
Producer: Adi Bar Yossef, Michal Aronzon, Astar Goldberg- Co Producer
Production Company: Adi & Michal Films
Cinematographer: Yehuda Fruman
Editor: Neta Dvorkis
Soundtrack Editor: Neal Gibbs
Original Soundtrack: Alon Peretz
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, Mifal Hapayis
Script: Michal Aronzon, Adi Bar Yossef
Distributor: Adi & Michal Films
Subtitles: Hebrew, English
Film Name in Hebrew: הדברים הקטנים
Category: Children and Youth / Family / Identity / Old Age / Religion
Tag Words: camera crisis of faith Death Jewish Settlment Kippah mourning Observant Jew Rabbi Fruman Religion Tel Aviv Tko'a