Cinema
Time for Cherries
עונת הדובדבנים
Haim Buzaglo · 1991
Synopsis
Miki, a successful Tel Aviv advertising man, receives a recall order during the Lebanon war, shortly before the withdrawal of the Israeli army. Convinced that he is going to die, he prepares those close to him: he goes to see where he will be buried and meets the officers responsible for announcing his death to his wife. He also persuades an American television crew, whose journalist is looking for real faces, to follow his unit and film him during his last days. Up there, the fighting and the shooting begin.
Context
The director was an advertising man by profession, like his character. He began writing the film in 1986 and took five years to bring it out, part of that time having gone on obtaining permissions from the army; lacking a military helicopter, the crew hired a civilian one and repainted it. The title came to him from stories about cherry picking in Lebanon, and on the night of the premiere helmets covered with cherries awaited guests at the entrance. Gil Frank plays Miki, Idit Teperson the journalist, Sasson Gabai a comrade from the unit.
Who it is for
One hour and forty-three minutes, in Hebrew and English. It is better to know that the Israeli army withdrew from Lebanon in 1985, in order to hold a security zone in the south.
Prizes and reception
Three Ophir Awards: best supporting actor for Sasson Gabai, cinematography and music; official competition at the Jerusalem festival, in July 1991.
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