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
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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