A father and son (Eliezer and Uriel
Shkolnik) are both professors involved their entire professional
lives on work in Talmudic Studies.
Eliezer has been submitted as worthy for 20 years but ignored every year
for the Israel Prize for his studies.
Since he has not been selected, he scoffs at the prize and he
doesn’t trust the establishment.
Uriel is more mainstream and he has not yet been submitted for the
prize. There is still distance and
competition between father and son. There is also competition and rivalry between all the professors.
This film is arguing between everyone from the
beginning to the end. It also
illustrates the idea of passing on your pain to someone else. Starts with the father to the son, then
the son to his wife and son. The
dog would have been next in line but they don’t have one!! 3* (This movie is OK)
105 min, Drama directed by Joseph Cedar
with Shlomo Bar-Abba, Lior Ashkenazi, Alisa Rosen, Alma Zak, Daniel Markovich,
Yuval Scarf.
Note: Blockbuster 3 ½*,
imdb 6.9 out of 10, 91% critic 71% audience on Rotten
Tomatoes.
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