A devout wife finds her calling among Jerusalem's dead—literally. The cemetery shift has never hit this different.
A young Orthodox Jewish woman becomes ensconced in a nocturnal community of prostitutes and drug dealers that congregates in the ancient cemetery atop Jerusalem's Mount of Olives.
Cinematography
Graveyard as living, breathing character—every shadow tells secrets.
Direction
Kayam's debut dares you to look away. You won't.
Director
Yaelle Kayam
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mount of Olives is Judaism's oldest cemetery and Christian apocalypse ground zero—Kayam weaponizes its sacred geography.
Shani Klein was a complete unknown; Kayam found her in a Jerusalem acting workshop and built Zvia around her specific stillness.
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