Underplayed Gems

How to Be Alone (2016)

How to Be Alone poster
Original title
איך להיות לבד
Directed by
Erez Eisenstein
Genre
LGBTQ-related film
Country
Israel
Runtime
22 min
Rating
1.8 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A person navigates the experience of being alone. The film follows their quiet daily life and internal reflections.

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What happens

How to Be Alone (Hebrew: איך להיות לבד, romanized: Eich Lihiyot Levad) is a 2016 short Israeli student film, produced and directed by Erez Eisenstein. The script is an adaptation of a short story of the same name by Orna Coussin, first published in 2006. The world premiere of the film took place in Palace of Culture and Science, on 16 April 2016, as part of Poland's LGBT Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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