This is the story of three sensitive teens who are forced to deal with violence at home, violence at school. It is a story of friendship, of love and hate, where the adolescents world is revealed as cruel and beautiful, a world where the desire to die or kill and the will to live are very confused but finally define the fate of the three heroes.
Acting
Tzur, Rieger, and Nik deliver devastatingly naturalistic performances.
Direction
Artus crafts unbearable tension from everyday moments.
Cinematography
Claustrophobic framing traps you in their suffocating world.
Director
Sophie Artus
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in Israel's peripheral towns, Valley reflects real youth alienation rarely depicted in mainstream Israeli cinema's focus on urban Tel Aviv or conflict narratives.
Director Sophie Artus developed the script through workshops with actual at-risk youth; the characters' slang and rituals are documentary-authentic.
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