International House
3701 Chestnut Street
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Saturday, March 10, 2001, 8:00 pm
An unusual and innocent love story develops between two teenage cousins, Rivi (Romi Aboulafia) and Shauli (Michael Hanegbi), an American. The two meet every summer at their grandparents' home in Herzliya where they discover love and the forces of forbidden lust. The two separate and re reunited 17 years later, forced to confront some traumatic childhood secrets.
Country: Israel
Release Date: 1998
Time: 92 minutes
Genre: Drama, Romance
Language: Hebrew with English Subtitles
Director: Nitza Gonen
Topics: Coming-of-Age, Love
Guest Speaker: Shemi Zarhin, Screenwriter Shemi Zarhin is an acclaimed Israeli novelist and film director. He was born in Tiberias and studied film at Tel Aviv University. His movies include titles such as Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi (2003), Aviva My Love (2006), and The World is Funny (2012). His first novel Some Day was a bestseller in Israel.