Chained

Eynayim Sheli

  DRAMA
60th TIFF: Greek Premiere

Rashi, a Tel Aviv police officer for fifteen years, is about to see his world collapse, when wrongfully accused of sexual assault during a standardized police check. Suspended from the force, Rashi lashes out at home, constantly clashing with his step-daughter, leading his wife to distance herself from their marriage. A revolutionary declaration of cinema innovativeness, dismissing long-established lines between fiction and real life, as all leading roles are performed by non-actors who had been living as their characters for almost a year. A new definition to storytelling, achieving raw emotion and unprecedented spontaneity.

 

 

Saturday, 09/10 with English subtitles

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.


Direction: Yaron Shani
Script: Yaron Shani
Cinematography: Shai Skiff, Nizan Lotem
Editing: Yaron Shani
Sound: Nir Alon, Aviv Aldema
Actors: Eran Naim, Stav Almagor, Stav Patay
Production: Black Sheep Film Productions
Producers: Saar Yogev, Naomi Levari
Co-production: The Post Republic, Electric Sheep
Co-producers: Michael Reuter
Costumes: Shiko Zioni
Sets: Yoav Sinai
Camera: Noam Berkovitch
Format: DCP
Color: Color
Production Country: Israel, Germany
Production Year: 2019
Duration: 112´
Distribution in Greece: Rosebud
Contact: Alpha Violet, info@alphaviolet.com
Awards/Distinctions: Best Actor (Anat Pirchi Award), Narrative (Audience Award), Best Israeli Feauture (Haggiag Award) – Jerusalem FF 2019

Yaron Shani

Yaron Shani is a graduate of Tel Aviv University Film Department. His debut feature-length film Ajami was an Academy Award Nominee for Best Foreign Film and won fifteen international awards, including the Golden Alexander Award at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival. Over the last years, Shani has been working on his highly ambitious project Love Trilogy: Love Trilogy: Stripped premiered at the Venice Orizzonti section, while the second installment Love Trilogy: Chained premiered at the Berlinale Panorama.

Filmography

2003 Disphoria (short)
2009 Ajami
2013 Mishpatei Hahaim | Life Sentences (doc)
2018 Love Trilogy: Stripped
2019 Eynayim Sheli | Love Trilogy: Chained