Himmo, King of Jerusalem (1987)

Original title

חימו מלך ירושלים

Directed by

Amos Guttman

Genre

historical film

Country

Israel

Runtime

1h 24m

Rating

4.5 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

Set during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, a young woman cares for a severely wounded soldier named Himmo in a makeshift Jerusalem hospital. The film follows her deepening emotional attachment to him as she struggles with the grim reality of his condition and the wartime surroundings.

melancholicintimatebleakslow-burnvisually starkcontemplativeharrowingclaustrophobic

What happens

Himmo, King of Jerusalem (Hebrew: חימו מלך ירושלים, tr. Himmo Melech Yerushalaim) is a 1987 Israeli independent underground dramatic art film directed by Amos Guttman. It was adapted by Edna Mazia from an eponymous 1966 novel by Yoram Kaniuk, (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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