My Father My Lord

My Father My Lord
My Father My Lord
חופשת קיץ
Directed by David Volach
Produced by Eyal Shiray
Written by David Vollach
Starring Assi Dayan
Ilan Griff
Sharon Hacohen
Cinematography Boaz Yehonatan Yaacov
Editing by Haim Tabacmen
Distributed by Kino International Corp. (USA)
Release date(s) 16 May 2008 (USA)
Running time 73 min.
Country Israel
Language Hebrew

My Father My Lord (Hebrew: חופשת קיץ‎, lit. Summer Vacation) is a 2007 Israeli film directed by David Volach, a former Israeli Haredi. It won the Founder's Award for Best Narrative Film at the Tribeca Film Festival.

Plot

Rabbi Avraham and his wife Esther have one son, Menachem, whose birth they regard as miraculous. Menachem's curiosity about the world is repeatedly stymied by his father, who in one instance forces him to rip up an "idolatrous" picture. Foreshadowed by an instance of Shiluach haken a trip to the Dead Sea, the eponymous "summer vacation," ends with Menachem drowning and his parents mourning.

Cast

  • Assi Dayan – Rabbi Avraham
  • Ilan Griff
  • Sharon HaCohen

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