A kid wants to play princess in King David's robe while actual war rages outside the auditorium.
Although Nuni has been selected to play the lead (King David) in his Jerusalem grade school play, he'd secretly rather play the princess role instead.
Acting
Hillel Cappon's delicate refusal to perform masculinity
Direction
Gal's tightrope between classroom comedy and distant explosions
Costume
The crown that doesn't fit, the dress hidden in locker
Director
Nadav Gal
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during Second Intifada, filmed in Jerusalem suburbs where school drills included shelter protocol. Gal wrote it after witnessing a children's Purim pageant during air raid sirens.
The 4.0 TMDB rating reflects vanishingly few votes, not quality — this played Cannes Critics' Week and vanished into festival circuit obscurity.
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