| Brief Description: | The story of one summer in the life of ten-year-old Aviya, the daughter of a Holocaust survivor, during the first years of Israel's independence. Aviya's mother had been a partisan fighter during the war and she walked the thin line between sanity and madness, forcing to Aviya live in orphanages most of her life. This was the summer that Aviya would return home. Based on the life of Gila Almagor, writer/producer and star of the film. Winner of the Silver Bear, Berlin Film Festival and three Israeli Silver Menorah Awards. "The emotionally powerful story...reveals the scars, both mental and physical, that Holocaust survivors brought with them to Israel" (American Historical Review). In Hebrew with English subtitles. |
