No Names on the Doors
No Names on the Doors Hebrew is a 1997 Israeli drama directed by Nadav Levitan. The film was screened at the Berlin International Film Festival, the Montpellier Film Festival, the Shanghai International Film Festival, and the Melbourne International Film Festival. It received two nominations for an Ophir Award in the categories of Best Actor and Best Screenplay.citation needed
The film is set on a modern kibbutz as the spectre of an Arab invasion lurks in the background and financial pressures are breaking down traditional communal values. A series of fragile, interwoven stories mirror this disintegration of collective ideals a longstanding friendship between two 40yearold bachelors Danni Bassan and Meir Swissa ends tragically when one decides to get married a bereaved father is embarrassed to find himself attracted to his dead sons girlfriend Dorit LevAri and a mother Chava Alberstein perpetuates the memory of her dead son by tending to his room as a memorial. At the same time, an elderly man Mosko Alkalai discovers a new, more loving relationship with his intellectuallydisabled adult son Avi Pnini.Deborah Young of Variety wrote that Levitans third film in his kibbutz trilogy brings the action to the present day to show the sad dissolution of collective ideals that were these agricultural coops raison detre. Though not exceptionally original, the fragile, interwoven stories have a sincere, heartfelt quality that should play well in specialized film weeks and venues. Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times called the movie tender and moving. ........
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