A film diary in which Perlov films the minutiae of his and his family's day-to-day life. From these small bits, he builds up a broad picture of life in Israel in the '70s and '80s.
Direction
Perlov's patient, unforced eye finds poetry in breakfast
Editing
Decades compressed into rhythmic, almost musical structure
Production
Shot on 16mm over 10 years—pure stubborn artistic will
Director
David Perlov
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Perlov was trained as a painter, which explains his compositional patience—every frame could hang in a gallery.
The film was barely seen in Israel until a 2017 restoration; it's now considered a national treasure that nobody watched.
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