- Jewboy
"Jewboy" is a 2005
Australia n film directed byTony Krawitz . The film starsEwen Leslie ,Chris Hayward ,Saskia Burmeister , andNicholas Eadie . It won the 2005 Australian Film Institute Award for Best Short Fiction Film, Best Cinematography and Best Screenplay in a Short.The film tells of a young
Orthodox Jew ish man's struggle after the death of his father. The young man returns fromIsrael to find that he would prefer to leave Orthodoxy, and departs from his remaining family to become a taxi driver. He gradually assimilates into secular life, soon finding himself tempted to fornicate.The film appears to mimic the story of the
Prodigal Son , with the main character appearing to reconsider Orthodox life at the end of the film by reuniting with his family.The film premiered in Un Certain Regard, Cannes Film Festival 2005, as well as in official selection in the 2006 Sundance Film Festival. After the presentation, Tony Krawitz, the Jewish director, and Ewen Leslie (who is not Jewish) responded to various questions, claiming that the title was not meant to be offensive, and the film had been prescreened by a Jewish audience to positive reviews.
External links
* [http://colsearch.nfsa.afc.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=Number%3A637576;querytype=;rec=0;resCount=10 Jewboy at the National Film and Sound Archive]
* [http://www.jewboy.com.au official website]
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