Daphne's life is peaceful. She has solid marriage with a successful lawyer, two charming children and a nice local bookshop. Recently her father passed away and left her a good deal of money, but besides that it's the same old routine. This routine is about to abruptly change when Daphne befriends with Ami...
Acting
Dafna Rechter's restrained desperation carries every frame
Direction
Riklis builds dread from domestic silence, not drama
Director
Eran Riklis
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Eran Riklis later broke internationally with 'The Syrian Bride' and 'Lemon Tree,' but this early work shows his fascination with women trapped by borders — domestic ones, in this case.
The film captures a specific moment in early-2000s Israeli cinema: post-Oslo, pre-disengagement, when bourgeois malaise became legitimate subject matter.
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