THE FAREWELL PARTY

MITA TOVA

By Sharon MAYMON, Tal GRANIT

SUB-TI LTD - as FEST

Drama - Completed 2014

A bunch of geezers at an old-age house construct a self-euthanasia device to assist their dying friend end his life in dignity. When the word about it spreads out, they become an instant start-up and all hell breaks loose.

    • Year of production
    • 2014
    • Genres
    • Drama, Black comedy
    • Countries
    • GERMANY, ISRAEL
    • Budget
    • 1 - 3 M$
    • Duration
    • 93 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Sharon MAYMON, Tal GRANIT
    • Writer(s)
    • Sharon MAYMON, Tal GRANIT
    • EIDR
    • 10.5240/51A9-37D7-5C06-AB84-5E75-W
    • Producer(s)
    • Talia KLEINHENDLER (Pie Films), Osnat HANDELSMAN-KEREN (Pie Films), Haim MECKELBERG (2 Team Productions)
    • Synopsis
    • A compassionate dark comedy about life and death, and knowing when to say goodbye.
      Ezekiel and his fellow pensioners decide to assist their dying friend end his life in dignity. They construct a self-euthanasia device and exercise it successfully. When the word about the secret device spreads out, our friends realize they are up to a start-up… until the moment when Ezekiel's wife, Levana, who suffers from Alzheimer's disease, asks him to use the device for her own benefit.