A mother sees everything. The system sees nothing. What happens when justice fails?
The young, recently divorced mother Ronit lives only for her young son and a future with a new man. But then she witnesses the rape of her neighbor Betty and is supposed to identify the perpetrator. His brother, however, does everything in his power to prevent this and does not hesitate to threaten his little son. The terror really begins when Betty, who has been raped, kills herself and the perpetrator is released. Now Ronit has only one option left...to act herself.
Acting
Anat Atzmon's desperate, cornered-animal intensity
Direction
Rebibo's claustrophobic framing of systemic helplessness
Director
Raphael Rebibo
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of a wave of 1980s Israeli 'grunge' cinema exploring social fractures rarely depicted in national film.
Compares interestingly to American contemporaries like The Accused (1988)—but Ronit takes what Hollywood wouldn't let her have.
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