AFRICA

By Oren GERNER

HERETIC - as SALES All rights

Drama - Completed 2019

Struggling with post-retirement life, 68-year-old Meir goes out on a personal journey to reconstruct his shaken sense of meaning and vitality, in this cinematic experience of an ageing parent crafted by the hands of his loving son.

Festivals
& Awards

San Sebastian FF 2019
New Directors
Thessaloniki IFF 2019
Film Market Films
Stockholm FF 2019
Discovery
Toronto - TIFF 2019
Discovery
San Sebastian 2019
New Directors
    • Year of production
    • 2019
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • ISRAEL
    • Languages
    • HEBREW
    • Duration
    • 82 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Oren GERNER
    • Producer(s)
    • Itay AKIRAV (Film Harbor)
    • Synopsis
    • When retired 68 year-old Meir discovers that his 30 years of planning the annual village celebration have been summarily discarded and the job has been given to inexperienced local teens instead, the ground beneath his feet begins to give way. In his effort to restore a sense of meaning and vitality, Meir begins to rebel against the inevitable: the betrayal of his physical body, the growing distance from his children, and the loss of relevance.

      Reconstructing fiction from real life, AFRICA is the cinematic journey of an ageing parent crafted by the hands of his loving son, in this deeply personal story on reinventing oneself, as years go by.