Underplayed Gems

One Week and a Day (2016)

One Week and a Day poster
Original title
שבוע ויום
Directed by
Asaph Polonsky
Genre
drama film
Country
Israel
Runtime
1h 38m
Rated
6
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 31 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A couple struggles to cope in the week after their adult son's death. The father and a neighbor begin a series of absurd adventures that shift the family's mourning.

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What happens

One Week and a Day (or Shavua ve Yom, Hebrew: שבוע ויום) is a 2016 Israeli drama film directed by Asaph Polonsky. It was screened in the Critics' Week section at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Gan Foundation Support for Distribution Award. It was one of five films nominated for the Best Film Award at the Ophir Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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