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The Fifth Heaven

Israel, 2011


1944. Palestine is under British Mandate as the Second World War rages. 13 year old Maya arrives at an orphanage on the outskirts of Tel Aviv, her mother having deserted her and her father having remarried and finding it difficult to raise her. Dr. Markowski, the orphanage director, is stunned by her arrival; he knows her parents and is reminded of his tormented love for her mother. Maya does not easily adjust to life at the orphanage, having to fight for her place among the girls and falling in love with a 25 year old resistance fighter engaged to one of the orphanage workers, all while attempting to piece together the puzzle of her life.

Fiction  | Video  |  100   Minutes  |  Color  |  Hebrew, English Subtitles

Director: Dina Zvi -Riklis
Screenplay: Dina Zvi Riklis, Alma Ganihar
Cast: Yehezkel Lazarov, Amit Moshkovitz, Rotem Zisman-Cohen, Alena Yiv, Guy Adler, Aki Avni
Cinematography: Shai Goldman
Editing: Yosef Grunfeld
Production: United King Films, Yifat Prestelnik Films
Festivals: Hamptons IFF
Support: Yehoshua Rabinovich Foundation for the Arts, Reshet, Israel National Lottery Council for the Arts

9/11, 19:30
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International Women's Film Festival
The Fifth Heaven,  Dina Zvi -Riklis