A Berlin transplant's perfect reinvention starts cracking—guess you can't outrun yourself after all.
You left your home to move far away. You were struck by a wind of change and were unfaithful to yourself. You reinvented yourself and you are now feeling free. But suddenly pressure arises in you.
Acting
Neta Riskin's face does more work than most scripts.
Direction
Amrami lets discomfort breathe without punishing the viewer.
Writing
Dialogue that actually sounds like people failing to connect.
Director
Ester Amrami
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of a wave of early-2010s Israeli cinema exploring diaspora identity, often by women directors working with shoestring budgets and European co-productions. Amrami shot this in 18 days with her own savings.
The German title 'Anderswo' literally means 'elsewhere'—the film's entire architecture is built on negative space, on where Noa is NOT. She's not fully Israeli anymore, never fully Berliner.
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