An 80-year-old Holocaust survivor declares war on a cell tower—and his own family pays the price.
Joshua, an 80-year old Holocaust survivor, discovers one morning, that a cellular antenna was installed on the roof of his house. It turned out that his neighbor has rented his part of the rooftop to a cellular company. Joshua feels a terrible injustice was done. He starts believing that all his diseases and pains are caused by the antenna's radiation. Joshua obsessively starts feeling the radiation everywhere and develops a persecution disorder which risks his life. He goes to war against his neighbor. His wife Sarah, and his 3 adult sons are dragged unwillingly into this vortex. The crisis reveals the personal problems of each of his sons, and they are forced to deal with their father's dark shadow.
Acting
Alexander Peleg's descent into obsession is devastatingly precise.
Writing
Three sons, three failures—each reflecting their father's damage.
Director
Arik Rothstein
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The cell tower functions as a brilliant metaphor: invisible, modern, intrusive—everything that displaced survivors like Joshua cannot comprehend or control.
Director Arik Rothstein based Joshua loosely on his own father, capturing a specific Israeli generational tension between Holocaust survivors and their comparatively 'soft' children.
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