Things

A drama based on the book Past Continuous, by Yaakov Shabtai, one of the greatest names in today’ Israeli prose. The film is part of a trilogy of cities (followed by Yom Yom and Kadosh). The protagonists are three men living in Tel Aviv, a city founded by Jewish pioneers in 1909. Cesar is a forty-something photographer and a lot of his time is spent on sexual conquests. He shares a tatty apartment with his 30-year old flatmate, Israel, a musician who has trouble overcoming his depression. Goldman, an older friend of both, is a lawyer who dreams of finding a great love to bring meaning to his life. At the moment, however, he is far from finding one since he still lives with his parents and is sunk into a drab and dull routine. The story builds a mosaic of a generation that has lost grips with its ancestral values and became disenchanted with politics.

Born in Haifa, Israel, in 1950. His works are presented at Mostra since the 20 th edition, in 1996, with The Arena of Murder. In 2004, at the 28 th Mostra, he was honored with an exhibition of his photos, the publishing of a book and a complete retrospective of his films, including Kadosh (1999) and Kedma (2002, awarded with the Critics Prize at the 26 th Mostra). He directed a short film in the collective project Welcome to São Paulo (2004), produced by Mostra. He has also directed Free Zone (2005), Disengagement (2007) and Ana Arabia (2013). Gitai won the Humanity Award at the 31 st Mostra, in 2007. The director also presented at the 38 th Mostra with the films Tsili (2014) and Words with Gods (2014). He exhibited at the 41 st Mostra the feature film West of the Jordan River (2017).

43ª MOSTRA INTERNACIONAL DE CINEMA

43ª MOSTRA INTERNACIONAL DE CINEMA