One Week and a Day
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Asaph Polonsky |
| Written by | Asaph Polonsky |
| Produced by | Naomi Levari |
| Starring | Shai Avivi Tomer Kapon |
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| Country | Israel |
| Language | Hebrew |
One Week and a Day (or Shavua ve Yom, Hebrew: שבוע ויום) is a 2016 Israeli drama film directed by Asaph Polonsky. It was screened in the International Critics' Week section at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival[1][2] where it won the Gan Foundation Support for Distribution Award.[3] It was one of five films nominated for the Best Film Award at the Ophir Awards.[4][5]
Plot
Eyal Spivak is shown at the end of a weeks mourning for his late son. He shows indifference to his neighbors since they purposefully avoided them when his son was near death. He and his wife Vicky agree to return to their routine, but instead Eyal chooses to go after a blanket they missed at the hospice and finds medical marijuana, prescribed for his late son, there. He smuggles it and decides to get high with the help of a young neighbor and bonds with him. Vicky asks him to book burial plots near their son, but he forgets and loses the plot. Eyal tries to get the plot and even attends the burial process of the person that is getting their plot and finds closure. Vicky who had a tough day gets emotional when she hears from Eyal that they have lost the plot. After the day Eyal sets out to change things in his life and consider living worth by starting to make his wife smile.
Cast
- Shai Avivi as Eyal Spivak
- Tomer Kapon as Zohar Zooler
- Sharon Alexander as Shmulik Zooler
- Carmit Mesilati Kaplan as Keren Zooler
- Jenya Dodina as Vicky Spivak
- Uri Gavriel as Refael
References
- ^ "Selection of the 55th International Critics' Week". Semaine de la Critique. Archived from the original on 19 April 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
- ^ Nancy Tartaglione (18 April 2016). "Cannes: Critics' Week 2016 Lineup – Full List". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
- ^ Nancy Tartaglione (19 May 2016). "Critics' Week Grand Prize Goes To 'Mimosas' – Cannes". Deadline. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
- ^ "ההכרזה על העולים לגמר - פרסי אופיר 2016". Israel Film Academy. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- ^ Brown, Hannah (20 August 2016). "2016 Ophir nominations announced – snubs and all". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 20 August 2016.