Dijital Esaret
Director Renen Schorr follows his grandfather, Rabbi Avraham Heller, war hero of 1948 War in Safed. Duel: Faith vs. Film. Safed vs. Tel- Aviv. Grandson asked to leave film-making for religion, carry o…
Dijital Esaret
Director Renen Schorr follows his grandfather, Rabbi Avraham Heller, war hero of 1948 War in Safed. Duel: Faith vs. Film. Safed vs. Tel- Aviv. Grandson asked to leave film-making for religion, carry on Rabbi's legacy. Director Renen Schorr's journey in the footsteps of his Grandfather, Rabbi Avraham Heller, hero of the 1948 War Battle of Safed, a deeply religious town. Spiritual vs. Secular, Faith vs. Film, Holy Safed vs. Hedonistic Tel Aviv. In a 25-year exchange of letters between Grandfather and grandson, the elder begs the young filmmaker to forsake his belief in filmmaking for Jewish tradition and carry on his legacy. When the request is rebuffed, a surprising final wish comes from the grandfather, "Make a movie about me". In the epilogue, the Director undertakes the legal act of changing his name and official identity to Renen Schorr Heller and goes out to Safed to direct a scene scripted by his grandfather when his life was coming to an end.
Dijital Esaret
Crime,Drama
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Director Renen Schorr follows his grandfather, Rabbi Avraham Heller, war hero of 1948 War in Safed. Duel: Faith vs. Film.
Safed vs. Tel- Aviv. Grandson asked to leave film-making for religion, carry on Rabbi's legacy.
Director Renen Schorr's journey in the footsteps of his Grandfather, Rabbi Avraham Heller, hero of the 1948 War Battle of Safed, a deeply religious town. Spiritual vs. Secular, Faith vs.
Film, Holy Safed vs. Hedonistic Tel Aviv. In a 25-year exchange of letters between Grandfather and grandson, the elder begs the young filmmaker to forsake his belief in filmmaking for Jewish tradition and carry on his legacy.
When the request is rebuffed, a surprising final wish comes from the grandfather, "Make a movie about me". In the epilogue, the Director undertakes the legal act of changing his name and official identity to Renen Schorr Heller and goes out to Safed to direct a scene scripted by his grandfather when his life was coming to an end..