Wedding Doll
Nominated for 9 Ophir Awards! (Israeli Academy Awards)
WINNER: Best Actress, Best Costume Design
“Quietly assured…[has] a unique take on coming of age and finding one’s own place in a world.
” – Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times
“Two compelling performances anchor the Israeli drama WEDDING DOLL, recipient of a number of high-profile awards on local turf. In his first narrative feature, documentarian Nitzan Gilady demonstrates an assured grasp of visual storytelling, using a stunningly rugged desert setting that’s as much a character as the film’s perpetually sunny, intellectually challenged 24-year-old and her world-weary mother.
” – Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter
Hagit, a young woman with a mild intellectual disability, works in a toilet-paper factory. She lives with her mother Sarah, a divorcee who gave up her life for her daughter. Hagit strives for independence and Sarah is torn between her desire to protect her, and her will to live her own life. When a relationship develops between her and the son of the factory owner, Hagit hides it from her mother. The announcement of the closing of the factory shakes Hagit and Sarah’s life and jeopardizes Hagit’s love story.
Details:
82Rated NR
Distributor Strand
in Hebrew with English subtitles
82Rated NR
Distributor Strand
in Hebrew with English subtitles