Underplayed Gems

Intimate Grammar (2010)

Intimate Grammar poster
Original title
הדקדוק הפנימי
Directed by
Nir Bergman
Genre
drama film
Country
Israel
Runtime
1h 50m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
7.2 of 10 from 13 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

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.

More films like thisWatch the trailer

or watch the trailer on YouTube

How it feels

A sensitive boy named Aharon grows up in a Jerusalem family during the 1960s. He refuses to grow up and focuses on his relationships with his family and his friends Gideon and Yaeli.

melancholicslow-burnsensitivecoming-of-agenostalgicemotionally layeredobservationalquietly intense

What happens

Intimate Grammar (Hebrew: הדקדוק הפנימי) is a 2010 Israeli drama film directed by Nir Bergman and released in 2010. The screenplay was written by Bergman based on the novel The Book of Intimate Grammar by David Grossman. It was awarded the Grand Prix at the 2010 Tokyo International Film Festival. The film deals with the life of a Jerusalem family in the 1960s. The protagonist of the film is Aharon, a sensitive boy who "refuses to grow up". The film focuses on Aharon's relationship with his family and friends, with an emphasis on the triangular friendship between him, his friend Gideon, and his lover Yaeli. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? You can browse by genre, country and year, or take this one into the 3D catalogue and ask the Catbot for something closer.