director: Roy Assaf
producer: Kobi Mizrahi (KM Productions), Moshe Edri, Leon Edri
screenwriter: Roy Assaf, Omri Van Essen
cast: Roy Assaf, Ornella Bess, Uri Gavriel
runtime: 93min
language: Hebrew
Year of Production: 2024
Countries of Production: Israel, Kosovo
An actor returns from the war with post-traumatic disorder, creates a cabaret show, in which he attacks the regime in Israel.
ASSI comes straight back from reserve duty as a combat soldier in an IDF war in the south of Israel. We can see in his eyes that something is going through him. With his uniform, he enters a small theater at his Southern hometown. In front of a small audience of locals, he performs in an entertaining cabaret show focused on the day-to-day life in the town. In the mornings Assi works as a drama teacher in the local high school, directing the seniors' upcoming graduation show. He becomes the public enemy after a video taken in the classroom, in which he speaks against the service in the IDF goes viral. Assi, who is dealing with post-trauma from the war, decides to fire back in cabaret show, which strongly attacks Israeli society and regime, in which to express a different opinion, becomes a dangerous thing to do.
