Israel, Denmark / 2015 / 83 min. / Director: Yaelle KAYAM
he protagonist of this film is Tzvia, a young housewife living in a home in the Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives in eastern Jerusalem. After her husband leaves for work and her children have left for school, she attends to house chores. But sometimes as if distracted, Tzvia wanders the cemetery. One night, she impulsively goes out and witnesses a man and woman immodestly embracing one another in the cemetery. At that moment Tzvia's monotonous life takes a significant turn.... Amid the backdrop of a rigid Jewish household in Israel, this directorial debut by Yaelle KAYAM stoically depicts the process by which a housewife living a reserved life discovers a world she had never imagined. The film screened in the Orizzonti section of the Venice Film Festival.
