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Catalog  Docs My Fantasia |
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My Fantasia
Israel, 2001 | Documentary, 54 min., | Video
Director:
Duki Dror
Sponsors: Makor Foundation for Cinema and TV
Israel Broadcasting Authority
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| Synopsis |
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The Darwish brothers fled Baghdad to Israel in the 1950s and established “Fantasia” - a menorah factory in Tel Aviv`s industrial zone. The film`s director is the son of the youngest of the three brothers. Faced with the reclusive silence of his father, Dror digs up bits of information about the family`s past. Finally, his reluctant father divulges a long kept secret. A revelatory family portrait that balances humor with pain.
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Awards and Festivals |
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Festivals:
Encounters South Africa International Documentary Festival 2001
Leipzig Documentary Film Festival, Germany 2001
Sephardic Film Festival, New York 2001 |
More Credits |
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| Production Company: Zygote Films, Ltd. |
| Camera: Duki Dror, Philippe Bellaiche |
| Editor: Sara Solomon |
| Original Music: Israel Bright |
| Original Language: Hebrew |
| Subtitles: English, French |
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"A moving and sharp video-diary that moves in several layers, and comes to an end in a climatic dual between the director, armed with his microphone, and the father, armed with his silence."
-Ma`ariv
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