Best of The Fests

LONGING
GA’AGUA

• Director: Savi Gabizon
• ISRAEL / 2017 / DCP / Colour / 103´ / Hebrew; Turkish, English s.t.

• Screenplay: Savi Gabizon
• Director of Photography: Asaf Sudri
• Editing: Tali Helter-Shenkar
• Cast: Shai Avivi, Asi Levi, Neta Riskin, Yoram Tolledano, Shimon Mimran
• Producer: Chilik Michaeli, Avraham Pirchi, Tami Leon, Savi Gabizon, Moshe Edry, Leon Edry
• Production Co.: United Channel Movies, United King Films
• World Sales: Films Boutique

- 2017 ISRAELI FILM ACADEMY Best Screenplay

Israeli director Savi Gabizon, known for his blockbusters that treat dramatic stories with humorous touches, returns after a 14-year hiatus with Longing, which he describes as “an extremely sad comedy that attempts to examine parenthood.” During a surprise meeting, Ariel learns from his ex-college girlfriend that she had a son from their relationship 20 years ago. Ariel’s world is turned upside down and the audience witnesses his self-rediscovery as he gets to know the world anew. The opening film of the Venice Days section of the Venice Film Festival, Longing is a warmly melancholic film full of surprises treating the fragility of human soul through the notion of family.

This film was a Meetings on the Bridge participant.