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Tzipora and Jacob
Gitit spent 18 months filming her parents, Jacob and Tzipora, who after 50 years of marriage are forced to confront repressed fears and frustrations. Jacob has suffered a stroke, and after months of rehabilitation returns home in a wheelchair, accompanied by a live-in Filipino caregiver. Tzipora refuses to accept this new reality – a changed husband, a changed relationship and a changed home, and, feeling helpless and depressed, considers leaving. A penetrating look at a relationship in crisis, told through a daughter’s eyes.
Festivals and Awards:
Haifa International Film Festival, Israel, 2011; International Women's Film Festival, Israel, 2011
Director: Gitit Kabiri
Producer: Tali Shemesh
Cinematographer: Gitit Kabiri
Editor: Ayelet Ofarim
Soundtrack Editor: Itay Halevi
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television. Yes Docu
Subtitles: English
Film Name in Hebrew: ציפורה ויעקב
Gitit spent 18 months filming her parents, Jacob and Tzipora, who after 50 years of marriage are forced to confront repressed fears and frustrations. Jacob has suffered a stroke, and after months of rehabilitation returns home in a wheelchair, accompanied by a live-in Filipino caregiver. Tzipora refuses to accept this new reality – a changed husband, a changed relationship and a changed home, and, feeling helpless and depressed, considers leaving. A penetrating look at a relationship in crisis, told through a daughter’s eyes.
Festivals and Awards:
Haifa International Film Festival, Israel, 2011; International Women's Film Festival, Israel, 2011
Director: Gitit Kabiri
Producer: Tali Shemesh
Cinematographer: Gitit Kabiri
Editor: Ayelet Ofarim
Soundtrack Editor: Itay Halevi
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television. Yes Docu
Subtitles: English
Film Name in Hebrew: ציפורה ויעקב