The Slut
| The Slut | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Hagar Ben-Asher |
| Screenplay by | Hagar Ben-Asher |
| Produced by | Benny Drechsel |
| Starring | Hagar Ben-Asher Ishai Golan Icho Avital Yoav Levi Tsahi Hanan |
| Cinematography | Amit Yasur |
| Edited by | Asaf Korman |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Zootrope Films |
Release date | 2011 |
Running time | 87 minutes |
| Country | Israel |
| Language | Hebrew |
The Slut (Template:Lang-he , translit. Ha-Notenet) is a 2011 Israeli drama film directed by Hagar Ben-Asher. It stars Hagar Ben-Asher as the titular character, Ishai Golan, Icho Avital, Yoav Levi and Tsahi Hanan. The film premiered in May 2011 at the Cannes Film Festival and featured in the International Critics' Week.[1]
Plot
Tamar, a promiscuous thirty-something, lives on a farm with her two daughters and occupies her spare time with a string of lovers. A new arrival in the village, a veterinary surgeon who treats one of her injured livestock, soon falls under her spell and they become romantically involved, but can she survive in a monogamous relationship.
Cast
- Hagar Ben-Asher as Tamar
- Ishai Golan as Shai
- Icho Avital
- Yoav Levi
- Tsahi Hanan
Release
The film premiered in May 2011 at the Cannes Film Festival and featured in the International Critics' Week.[1] It won an award for Best Director at the 2011 Jerusalem Film Festival and was entered into the director's category at the Chicago International Film Festival later that year.[2]
Reception
Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter described the film as "a slow-going, rather pointless Israeli drama about an attractive rural woman who just gotta have it. Notoriety of its title and content will attract some attention on the festival circuit and no doubt in Israel, but audiences will have that empty feeling afterwards."[3]
Alissa Simon writing for Variety said that "The Slut refrains from supplying audiences with an emotional hook; lissome cipher Tamar is all id. We have no idea what she thinks or why she behaves the way she does, except, perhaps, at the pic’s not unexpected but still not well-prepared conclusion."[4]
References
- ^ a b Ehrman, Jeremy (5 May 2011). "Israeli films, Footnote, The Slut, among others to premiere at 2011 Cannes Festival". Israeli Film Center. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
- ^ Dekel, Ayelet (29 August 2011). "The Slut to participate in Chicago International Film Festival". Midnight East. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
- ^ McCarthy, Todd (13 May 2011). "The Slut: Cannes Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
- ^ Simon, Alissa (12 May 2011). "Review: 'The Slut'". Variety.com. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
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