The 35th Haifa International Film Festival is proud to present for the first time in Israel the Love Trilogy project. Love Trilogy by Yaron Shani is a highly ambitious project and first of its kind, mainly due to its filmmaking approach. The actors, who have never studied acting, experienced living the lives of the characters over the course of a year. The unique process creates a cinematic experience which walks on the line between fiction and real life.
The three films of the trilogy are not sequels. They can be watched in any order. Every film stands for itself as a separate experience altogether. By viewing all three, you will discover surprising insights which will give new meanings to the stories. The plots intersect and echo one another. Time, space, moral judgment and identification with the characters will change, embodying the complexity of human existence.
Stripped and Chained have been presented in other international festivals and have earned awards. This will be the Israeli premiere of Reborn.
Pnina Blayer, Artistic Director
Director's Notes
Love – a word which holds the meaning of life. Underneath its immediate connotation lies a troubling nature. Love is ambivalent, paradoxical. Without danger, pain and loneliness, love has no real meaning. Love Trilogy is a journey into the deep and delicate fibers of the loving, suffering, bewitched and violent soul. The brightest morning light come after the darkest hour of the night.
The fundamental value which guided me in this journey is honesty – the will to connect to the most authentic life-experience of living human beings. The path I chose is fundamentally different from what usually defines cinema. I work with ordinary people, not actors. I work with their authentic and unique personalities. My dramatic intentions together with their authentic being generate the reality of the film. During the shooting this reality is alive. The "actors" are not acting it – they are living it.
You won't find shrewd scriptwriting or beautified shots here. You probably won't find most of what you associate with "the big screen" – grandeur, beautiful actors and highly-designed aesthetics. What you will find is honesty. Undisciplined roaring and refined honesty. No pretenses and no decorations. A human experience which cannot be written or acted. It comes straight from the raw unconsciousness of being.
A well-respected police officer dreams of having a child with his newly wedded wife. His world is shaken when two boys accuse him of sexually harassing them. As his inquiry progresses, the shame and helplessness reveal unexpected sides in his character.
World Premiere: Berlinale 2019 | Israeli Premiere: Jerusalem IFF 2019 – Winner -Best Full-Length Feature, Best Leading Actor, Audience Award | Supported by: Israel Film Fund, ZDF/ Das Kleine Fernesehspiel and ARTE, Gesher Multicultural Film Fund, Mifal HaPais Council for the Culture and Arts
Filmography: Ajami (2009, co-director), Life Sentences (2013, co-director)
After the screening there will be a Q&A with the actors and filmmaker
קבלו עדכונים על סרטים, אירועים, המלצות והטבות. לנרשמים תוענק הטבת הצטרפות!
