When Eyal (actor Shai Avivi) finishes the traditional Jewish week of mourning for his late son, his wife (actress Evgenia Dodina) urges him to return to their routine. Instead, he gets high with a young neighbour (actor Tomer Kapon) and sets out to discover that there are still things in his life worth living for. Asaph Polonsky’s debut feature One Week and a Day provides a nuanced perspective on loss that is as merciless as it is funny and insightful.
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 1 hr. 38 min.
- Country, year
- Israel, 2016
- Genre
- Drama, Comedy
- Language
- IW
- Subtitles
- Lithuanian, English
- Age rating
- Pegi 13
Credits
- Director
- Asaph Polonsky
- Producers
- Naomi Levari
- Cast
- Sharon Alexander, Shai Avivi, Evgenia Dodina, Uri Gavriel, Carmit Mesilati Kaplan, Tomer Kapon
- More information
- www.imdb.com
Festivals and awards
- Jerusalem Film Festival
Director
Asaph Polonsky
Asaph Polonsky was born in Washington, DC in 1983. In Israel, where he grew up, he directed, wrote and produced two short films, both official selections of the Jerusalem Film Festival: Zipper and In Bed At 10 PM. In 2010 he attended The American Film Institute Conservatory’s Directing Program where he directed the 2013 Student Academy Award Nominee thesis film Samnang, which premiered at the New York Film Festival and won awards, and also screened at several film festivals internationally.
