Cinema
Moments
רגעים
Michal Bat-Adam · 1979
Synopsis
Yola, a writer from Tel Aviv, leaves for Jerusalem in order to write there. On the train, she meets Anne, a tourist from Paris. The two young women wander the city for a few days and speak to each other openly; when Avi, a man from Yola's life, joins them, she brings about a romantic encounter among the three of them. Anne then returns to France, and the two women keep writing to each other.
Context
The film was presented in its complete version at Cannes, in the Un certain regard section, in 1979, and submitted by Israel for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. On its release in Israel, the film censorship board demanded the cutting of passages judged provocative, including a threesome love scene; the director's appeal to the Supreme Court was rejected, and the film was not shown in full in the country until 2013, at the Rehovot international women's film festival. Brigitte Catillon plays Anne, Assi Dayan Avi.
Who it is for
A film of conversations and walks through a city. It is as well to know that the version shown in Israel for thirty-four years was cut.
Prizes and reception
Un certain regard selection at Cannes in 1979; Israel's entry for the Oscars; cut by the Israeli censors.