2008 · drama · family · mourning
7 Days
Directed by Ronit Elkabetz, Shlomi Elkabetz1h 43m2008
The Ohaion family is mourning the death of one of their relatives. In keeping with tradition, they gather together in the home of the deceased and stay there for seven days. Forced to put up with one another day and night, the brothers and sisters soon let their bitterness and arguments override the sense of communal reverence. The atmosphere becomes unbearable and long-buried truths finally surface.
Our read: 7 Days (2008) reads as a sombre, measured, grounded drama · family · mourning entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, measured, measured drama / family, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, measured.
- sombre
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