The story of the two teenagers that murdered a taxi driver without a reason caused a great shock in Israel. it was on all newspapers and on TV. Those two teenagers lived amongst normative and supporting families, and despite that turned to the life of crime. The movie tries to show what happened before that murder and the things which, may have, led to it.
Acting
Sharon Zur's vacant menace haunts long after credits.
Direction
Eli Cohen refuses to sensationalize what media already did.
Director
Eli Cohen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on the real 1994 murder of taxi driver Derek Roth by two middle-class Jerusalem teens, a case so shocking it permanently altered Israeli discourse on youth violence and suburban delusion.
Director Eli Cohen deliberately cast theater actors unfamiliar to film audiences — that uncanny unfamiliarity makes the boys feel like strangers even to themselves.
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