| Description |
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
DVD video 4 3/4 in. rda |
| Description |
digital optical 5.1 surround rda |
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DVD-video NTSC rda |
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video file DVD video region 1 rda |
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Motion picture. |
| System Details |
DVD ; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround. |
| Language |
In Hebrew, with optional subtitles in English. |
| Cast |
Sarit Larry, Avid Shnaidman, Lior Raz. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Shai Goldman ; editor, Era Lapid ; music, Michael Emet. |
| Note |
DVD release of the 2014 motion picture. |
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Widescreen. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Summary |
It's the story of a teacher who becomes at first enchanted, and then ultimately consumed, by the poetic genius of her five-year-old student. Nira discovers that her young student Yoav has an otherworldly talent for language and poetry, and becomes interested in cultivating the boy's gift, but when fascination morphs into obsession; Nira pushes the boundaries of her relationship with the boy and his family in an attempt to protect the purity of his talent. |
| Note |
Special features: Interview with director Nadav Lapid ; "Why?" (2015), a short film by Nadav Lapid ; trailer. |
| Subject |
Kindergarten teachers -- Drama.
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Gifted children -- Drama.
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Foreign films -- Israel.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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| Added Author |
Lapid, Nadav, 1975- film director, screenwriter.
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Handelsman-Keren, Osnat, producer.
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Kleinhendler, Talia, producer.
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Scotta, Carole, producer.
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Larry, Sarit, actor.
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Shnaidman, Avid, actor.
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Raz, Lior, actor.
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Kino Lorber, Inc., publisher.
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| Note |
Original title: Haganenet |
| Added Title |
Why?
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| Standard No. |
738329202293 |
| Music No. |
K20229 Kino Lorber |
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