Haifa on a sunny day. Moshe is a crumbling man walking up the Carmel Mountain on yet another work day. Will this day mark his collapse? Uri walks down the mountain to board a ship and leave behind all the things he loves and despises. His sense of belonging is losing ground. He is likely to miss his military reserve service-call, thus risking jail. Will the two collide or pass through one another? An existential comedy, where the overbearing mountain with its endless stairs takes control over destinies in this unique panorama of the Mediterranean port city.
Cinematography
Haifa's endless stairs become a character — beautiful and cruel.
Direction
Keidan turns a city into existential theater without pretension.
Acting
Tiran and Klauzner embody opposite directions of Israeli masculinity.
Director
Elad Keidan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film captures a specific Israeli anxiety: reserve duty as inescapable shadow, even for those who've 'escaped' daily life.
Keidan shot guerrilla-style on actual Carmel staircases, with locals occasionally wandering into frame — he kept several.
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