The Dreamer (1970)

Original title

התמהוני

Directed by

Dan Wolman

Genre

drama film

Country

Israel

Runtime

1h 25m

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An eccentric young man forms a platonic bond with an elderly woman. His attention shifts when a young girl arrives. The story is set in a nursing home and the old city of Safed.

slow-burnmelancholicatmosphericintrospectivequirkyoffbeatbittersweetunconventional

What happens

The Dreamer (Hebrew: Ha-Timhoni) is a 1970 Israeli New Sensibility drama film written and directed by Dan Wolman, his first feature film. The lead roles are played by Tuvia Tavi, Liora Rivlin, and Berta Litvinov. The film was a failure in Israel but was accepted into the 1970 Cannes Film Festival and was screened in New York for more than three months. The film was shot at the Beit HaSarayah in Safed, which at the time served as a nursing home for Melab'n, and in the alleyways of the old city of Safed. The plot centers around an eccentric young man who is (platonically) attracted to an elderly woman until a young and attractive girl appears. The role of the elderly woman was initially offered to Ida Kaminska, but she could not appear and recommended her friend, Berta Litvinov, who was 74 at the time. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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