1995 · drama · tel-aviv · ensemble
Devarim
Directed by Amos Gitai1h 50m1995
The story of three men living in Tel Aviv. They set off to attend a funeral. Unfortunately, they cannot find the right cemetery. Later the story shifts to their complex love lives.
Our read: Devarim (1995) reads as a sombre, measured, grounded drama · tel-aviv · ensemble entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, measured, measured drama / tel-aviv, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- sombre
- measured
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