A Beautiful Valley (2011)

Original title

עמק תפארת

Directed by

Hadar Friedlich

Genre

drama film

Country

Israel, France

Runtime

1h 25m

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows an 80-year-old widow who has lived her whole life on a kibbutz she helped build. When the kibbutz privatizes, her home and way of life are threatened.

melancholicintimateslow-burnbittersweetgroundedreflectivequietly intensepoignant

What happens

A Beautiful Valley (Hebrew: עמק תפארת) is a 2011 Israeli drama that follows an 80-year-old kibbutz member and widow whose world falls apart as the kibbutz she helped establish undergoes privatization. Hadar Friedlich directed the film, which was her first feature-length directorial work. Batia Bar (1929–2022), a member of Kibbutz Gesher, plays the lead role alongside Gili Ben Ozilio, who portrays her daughter. This was Gili Ben Ozilio's final film; she died from cancer after the filming was completed, and the film was dedicated to her memory. The film premiered at the Jerusalem Film Festival in July 2011, receiving the Best Full-Length Debut award. In a controversial decision by the festival management, however, the prize was revoked at the last minute following a complaint of an alleged conflict of interest by one of the jury members. It was also nominated for a 2011 Ophir Award in the Best Actress and Best Cinematography categories received a Special Jury Mention at the San Sebastián International Film Festival, and won the Critic's Prize at the Cinémed Montpellier Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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