Description
A couple’s infertility struggle and traumatic treatment raise questions about their faith and ultraorthodox community.
Synopsis
Feigi and Naftali are a Jewish ultraorthodox couple struggling with infertility. Naftali travels to Ukraine to pray for a child at Rabbi Nachman’s grave, leaving Feigi with Rabbi Eliyahu, a guest who claims to be a healer. Despite Feigi’s reluctance, Rabbi Eliyahu convinces her to undergo a ‘spiritual treatment.’ When Naftali returns, he faces a crisis when he discovers the ‘treatment’ true nature, raising fundamental questions about his faith and trust in others.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mordechai Vardi
Cast: Mili Eshet, Yoav Rotman, Ilanit Ben-Yaakov, Nevo Kimchi
Producers: Haggai Arad, Aharon Peer, Elad Peleg
Writer: Mordechai Vardi
Country: Israel
Duration: 108′
Language: Hebrew with English subtitles
Year: 2022
Awards:
Nominated, Award for Israeli Cinema, Jerusalem Film Festival
