It's a hard week for Eyal (Shai Avivi) and Vicky (Evgenia Dodina), as their son has passed away and they are finishing the traditional Jewish week of mourning. Reluctant to get back to his "normal" routine, Eyal turns to his young neighbor Zooler (Tomer Kapon), with whom he starts to spend his days getting high and skipping out on his commitments. As his wife grows increasingly frustrated with this behaviour, and Zooler's family insists that the friendship cease, Eyal learns to appreciate all the reasons why life is still worth living.
Winner of eight awards at the Jerusalem Film Festival – including Best First Film for director Asaph Polonsky, Best Script, Best Screenplay, and Best Israeli Feature – ONE WEEK AND A DAY is a film that combines death and comedy in a way that is both touching and funny.
Countries
Israel- Awards
- Cannes Film Festival, Gan Foundation Support for Distribution; Jerusalem Film Festival, Best First Film; Jerusalem Film Festival, FIPRESCI Prize
- Festivals
- Cannes Film Festival, Jerusalem Film Festival, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
- Director
- Asaph Polonsky
- Producer
- Saar Yogev, Naomi Levari
- Screenwriter
- Asaph Polonsky
- Cinematographer
- Moshe Mishali
- Editor
- Tali Halter Shenkar
- Music
- Tamar Aphek, Ran Bagno
- Cast
- Shai Avivi, Evgenia Dodina, Tomer Kapon, Alona Shauloff, Sharon Alexander, Carmit Mesilati-Kaplan, Uri Gavriel
- Sound
- Aviv Aldema