• Title:
• Tehilim

• Director:
• Raphaël Nadjari

• Hebrew with English subtitles

• Israel, 96 minutes

• Venue:
• AFI Silver Theater

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A mundane car accident has profound consequences when Eli, a father driving his sons to school, mysteriously disappears from the scene of the incident, leaving his religious Jerusalem family reeling. Using a combination of non-professional and trained actors, and employing a great deal of improvisation, Nadjari creates a mystery that is as much spiritual as it is physical. While Eli’s father stresses the importance of prayer and reciting the psalms (tehilim) to help his return, Eli’s less-observant wife struggles to cope with the day-to-day realities of her husband’s suspicious disappearance. Her two sons, Menachem and David struggle to adjust to this tragic challenge to their sense of family and self. One blogger called Tehlim, “probably the most misunderstood film at Cannes.” It brings an existential ambivalence and a keen eye for its characters authentic experience.

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