The crumbling relationship between his aging parents doesn't give Ohad a moment's peace: While his father increasingly finds solace in DIY, his mother spends huge amounts of money on clothes that pile up at home without ever being worn. What begins as a psychogram of the two develops into a reflection on monogamous relationships. Ohad Milstein doesn't restrict himself to recording his conversations with his parents however; instead, he also begins to film his own everyday family life. He talks to his wife about opening the relationship. Little by little, the boundary between documentation and fiction, and that what is observed and what is staged, becomes blurred. And yet one thing ultimately seems crystal clear: as uncomfortable as it may be to sit down together and talk things through, that ultimately might be what is needed to rekindle the spark.
Director Ohad Milstein was an award winner at the 2023 JFBB, receiving the Gershon Klein Documentary Film Prize for KNOCK ON THE DOOR.
Text: Dominique Ott-Despoix
English: Peter Rickerby
Supporting Film: Thirty Tears Old (Daniel Shanni, IL 2023, 12 min)
The screenings on June 19th and 21st will be followed by a Q&A with the directors Ohad Milstein and Daniel Shanni (supporting film).
The screening on June 20th will be followed by a Q&A with director Daniel Shanni (supporting film).
