15 minutes. One mother's impossible choice. Zero easy answers.
Rina can't look into the eyes of her son, Dean, who's under house arrest at her home. Tomorrow his trial begins, and Rina doesn't know if she can handle an extension of the house arrest. When her doubts regarding his innocence are undermined by increasing hostility from her neighbors, Rina is required to be a supporting mother despite his (alleged) acts. Today, she will have to look in his eyes and hear the truth.
Acting
Azoulay Hasfari's eyes do what pages of dialogue couldn't.
Direction
Knispel weaponizes negative space and withheld eye contact.
Director
Yotam Knispel
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Azoulay Hasfari is a legendary Israeli actress making her return to short-form after decades in theater and television.
The title's cruel irony lands harder when you realize Rina's love is precisely what's trapping her—she can't abandon him, but she can't forgive him either.
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