- Aaron Cohen's Debt
Infobox Film
name = Aaron Cohen's Debt
caption = Moshe Ivgi as Aaron Cohen
director =Amalia Margolin
writer =Alon Bar
producer = Galia Bador
Hila Tzabati
starring =Moshe Ivgy Avital Abergel Abu-Warda Uri Avrahami
music =Avner Kenner
cinematography =Yoav Kosh
editing = Zohar M. Sela
distributor = Israel Cable Programming (ICP)
Seventh Art Releasing
released =4 January 1999
runtime = 97 min.
country = flagcountry|Israel
language =Hebrew
amg_id =
imdb_id = 0219467Aaron Cohen's Debt (Hebrew: חובו של אהרון כהן) is a
non-linear , fact based1999 Israeli film starringMoshe Ivgy as Aaron Cohen, a father abruptly taken into custody at his birthday party by police for one child-support payment which he does not believe he owes. Despite his frail health and his daughter's frantic attempts to bail him out, Aaron is forced to spend the night behind bars. Indifferent guards, an over-crowded cell and an infected ulcer thrust Aaron into aKafkaesque nightmare. The following morning he is found dead and a hurried investigation hopelessly struggles to make sense of what happened.It was directed by
Amalia Margolin and written byAlon Bar . Originally made forIsrael Cable Programming ICP , it was released4 January 1999 inIsrael and later theUSA ,Canada ,France ,Germany andAustralia .Awards
*1999 Rockie Award for Best
Made-For-TV Movie at theBanff World Television Festival , Canada
*1999 Best Foreign Language Film nominee at theSXSW Film Festival, Austin, Texas, USAee also
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Alon Bar
*Moshe Ivgy
*Banff World Television Festival External links
*imdb title|id=0219467
* [http://www.filmthreat.com/index.php?section=reviews&Id=2025 Filmthreat.com reviews]
* [http://www.jewishfilm.com/jz20.html Jewish Film Archive Online]
* [http://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Banff_Television_Festival/1999 Banff_Television_Festival Awards]
* [http://www.tjff.com/2000/past_festivals_2000.html Toronto Jewish Festival online]
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