Athens International Film Festival
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One Week and a Day

26/9/2016, 19:45, Odeon Opera 1 27/9/2016, 19:00, Odeon Opera 2 (P) 29/9/2016, 21:30, Odeon Opera 2

A father discovers the beneficial qualities of marijuana and the wild company of the young man next door, while trying to get over the death of his son. Both a painkiller and an antidote to sadness, this already acclaimed and promising debut comes up with a comforting, deeply human way to talk about life, death and the need to make peace, even with the things that scare you most.

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Director: Asaph Polonsky
Screenwriter: Asaph Polonsky
DoP: Moshe Mishali
Music: Tamar Aphek, Ran Bagno
Editor: Tali Helter-Shenkar
Principal Cast: Shai Avivi, Evgenia Dodina, Tomer Kapon, Alona Shauloff, Sharon Alexander, Carmit Mesilati-Kaplan, Uri Gavriel

Israel | 2016 | Color | DCP | 98' | Hebrew



    Publication date: 2016-09-11 13:02:40

    International Competition

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