ASIA

By Ruthy PRIBAR

FILM FORUM - as DISTR / CONS

Drama - Completed 2020

Asia is the single mother of 17-year-old Vika. Vika's deteriorating health urges Asia to finally find her voice as a mother and to embrace and cherish their time together.

Festivals
& Awards

Warsaw FF 2020
Competition 1-2
Film Fest Gent 2020
Official Selection: New Voices
Warsaw IFF 2020
Competition 1-2 - NETPAC Special Mention
PingYao Crouching Tiger 2020
Special Mention Jury Award
IFF Mannheim-Heidelberg 2020
Main Section
Guanajuato International Film Festival 2020
Official Selection
Thessaloniki IFF 2020
Out of Competition
Tribeca FF 2020
International Competition - Nora Ephron Award, Best Actress Award, Best Cinematography
    • Year of production
    • 2020
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • ISRAEL
    • Languages
    • HEBREW
    • Duration
    • 85 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Ruthy PRIBAR
    • Writer(s)
    • Ruthy PRIBAR
    • Producer(s)
    • Yoav ROEH (GUM FILMS), Aurit ZAMIR (GUM FILMS)
    • Synopsis
    • Asia’s motherhood has always been an ongoing struggle rather than an obvious instinct. Becoming a mother at a very early age has shaped Asia's relationship with her teenage daughter Vika. Despite living together, Asia and Vika barely interact with one another. Asia concentrates on her job as a nurse while Vika hangs out at the skate-park with her friends.
      Their routine is shaken when Vika's health deteriorates rapidly. Asia must step in and become the mother Vika so desperately needs.
      Vika's illness turns out to be an opportunity to reveal the great love within this small family unit.