Past Life

Archive - Festival 32
Director: Avi Nesher
Israel 2016
112 minutes
Hebrew, English, Polish, German
Subtitles in Hebrew

In a new film from Avi Nesher, coming directly from its successful world premiere in the Toronto Film Festival, two Israeli sisters delve into the dark mystery of their father’s former life in Poland during World War II.
Inspired by a true story, Past Life tracks the daring 1977 trans-European odyssey of two sisters - one an introverted ambitious classical music composer and the other a combative politics and porn magazine editor. As they try to unravel a mystery that has shadowed their whole lives, the sisters realize that freedom requires painful sacrifices.

On October 24th the filmmakers will be in attendance.

Director Avi Nesher
Production David Silber, David M. Milch, Moshe Edery, Leon Edery, Ruth Cats, Avi Nesher
Script Avi Nesher
Cinematography Michel Abramowicz
Editing Isaac Sehayek
Music Cyrille Aufort, Ella Milch-Sheriff, Avner Dorman
Sound Design Gil Toren
Actors Nelly Tagar, Joy Rieger, Doron Tavory, Evgenia Dodina, Tom Avni, Muli Shulman, Rafael Stachowiak, Katarzyna Gniewkowska
Festivals Toronto
Source Metro Communications, Tel Aviv; Artomas Communications, Tel Aviv; Ars Veritas Productions, USA; Sunshine Productions, Italy