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Mountain (2015)

Mountain poster
Original title
ההר
Directed by
Yaelle Kayam
Genre
drama film
Country
Israel
Runtime
1h 23m
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman lives alone in a remote mountainous region of Israel. She navigates her daily routines and connections with the small community around her. The story explores her inner world and the quiet rhythms of her life.

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What happens

Mountain is a 2015 drama film directed by Yaelle Kayam. The world premiere took place as part of the "New Horizons" competition at the Venice Film Festival, and the film was also screened at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. Additionally, it was featured at the "New Directors, New Films" festival at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. The film won the Jury Prize at the San Francisco Film Festival and First Prize at the Fribourg Film Festival in Switzerland. At Fribourg, Kayam also received the Don Quixote Prize for Breakthrough Female Directors. She was nominated for the Best Director award by the European Union. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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