Special Screenings

With the support of the French Institute in Israel

A dark and courageous drama by the prominent director Andrey Zvyagintsev ("The Return", "Leviathan"), which earned him the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. The long and agonizing divorce story of Zhenya and Boris, with their son Alyosha caught in the middle, allows the director to examine how autocratic governance, technology, money, and religion in Russia impact the personal lives of ordinary people. Although both parents are estranged from one another, a sudden crisis widens the chasm, one that opened the very moment they began their relationship, and continues to grow now when cooperation becomes critical.