Athens International Film Festival
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Time Off - Gotta Have Heart

30/9/2015,19:30,Ταινιοθήκη της Ελλάδος

«Time Off»: In the director’s film debut, a soldier explores his sexual identiy in his off time.
 

«Gotta Have Heart»: An anthology film that tranforms the concerns, the fears and the dreams of a small town community into a beautiful merry-go-round of human behavior. 

«Time Off»: In his first directorial effort "Time Off", also know as "After", Fox tells the story of a soldier who explores his sexual identity during his time off. His unit makes a one-day stop in Jerusalem shortly before they head into battle in Lebanon, where Yonatan will receive some unexpected insights into the private life of his dictatorial lieutenant.
 

«Gotta Have Heart»: "Gotta Have Heart" is part of anthology film that talks about the concerns, the fears and the dreams of a small town community. Guri wants to trans- fer to a Tel Aviv school before his gay status becomes common knowledge, Mitzi is afraid she’s going to end up a spinster, Nohav dreams of winning first place at Eurovision, while Merito, the hottest stud in town, has a little surprise for them all.

Σκηνοθεσία / Director
Eytan Fox
Σενάριο / Screenwriter
Eytan Fox / Hagai Levi, Gal Uchovsky
Φωτογραφία / DoP
Avraham Grunfeld / Tobias Hochstein
Μουσική / Music
Yehuda Poliker
Μοντάζ / Editor
Yosef Grunfeld
Ηθοποιοί / Principal Cast
Gil Frank, Hanoch Re'im
Tzufit Grant / Tzak Berkman
Uri Omanuti, Sami Huri

Ισραήλ / Israel
1990 – 1997
Εγχρωμο / Color
Format DigiBeta + BetaCam SP
45' - 35
Εβραϊκά / Hebrew



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