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Rocking Horse (1978)

Rocking Horse poster
Directed by
Yaky Yosha
Genre
drama film
Country
Israel
Runtime
1h 30m
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man in 1970s Israel reflects on his relationships and his place in the world. The film follows his quiet struggles and personal reckonings.

introspectivemelancholicslow-burncontemplativesubduedpersonalunderstated

What happens

Rocking Horse (in Hebrew: סוסעץ, sus'etz) is director Yaky Yosha's second feature made in 1978. It was the first film to represent Israel in the Directors’ Fortnight of the Cannes Film Festival. It also participated at Locarno, San-Francisco, Chicago and many other international festivals. Rocking Horse received the special judges' award and the best actor award at the Oxford, England, film festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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