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Sharon Amrani: Remember His Name (2010)
Directed by Joseph Cedar, Dover Koshashvili, Nir Bergman, Yair Raveh, Gili Gaon
Overview
Raveh does not only document the past, he documents a future that will never be, and the films that Amrani did not live to create. Researching Amrani’s documents, Raveh found several short screenplays, and sought out three directors of Amrani’s generation to bring them to life. The short films are interwoven throughout the documentary - “The Boat”, directed by Nir Bergman, “Albert and Ronit”, directed by Dover Kosashvili, and “Sabbath Eve”, directed by Joseph Cedar. The warmth, intensity and drama of family life; issues of Persian ethnicity; tradition and the desire to break away from tradition; the competition and camaraderie of boys and men; the search for love; a persistent spiritual search and a love of the sea - all these are reflected in the brief yet intriguing vignettes, imbuing the film with a sense of Amrani’s vision as a filmmaker and how his presence might have influenced the Israeli film scene.
Length 62 minutes
Actors
Nataly Attiya | Uri Banai | Danny Steg | Gera Sandler | Sharon Tal | Sharon Amrani | Ziona Amrani | Ehud Banai | Morad Chance | Benjamin Chiram | Ron Goldman | Dover Koshashvili | David Lapid | Renen Schorr | Shemi Zarhin