• Redemption

    Directed by Boaz Yehonatan Yacov, Joseph Madmony
    Israel | 104 minutes | New Jewish Stories

  • Redemption

    Directed by Boaz Yehonatan Yacov, Joseph Madmony
    Israel | 104 minutes | New Jewish Stories

Menachem, the former frontman for a rock band, is now religious and a father to a 6-year-old. When his daughter is diagnosed with cancer, he must find a creative solution to fund the expensive treatments.

film synopsis

Yossi Madmoni (A Place in Heaven, PSIFF 2014) returns with another film that has at its center parent-child relationships. Co-directed with and written by his longtime cinematographer Boaz Yehonatan Yaacov, it examines a subject that Yacov knows well: a secular man becoming religious. The protagonist, Menachem, used to be the front man for a popular rock band. Now living as an Orthodox Jew, he cannot fulfill one of the most important commandments of a Hassid because he is unable to rejoice. The death of his wife weighs heavily on him, as does his young daughter's cancer diagnosis. The only way he can raise the funds to pay for the girl's treatment is to reunite his musical comrades for a final tour. As Menachem partially returns to the creative world that once gave him so much pleasure, he must find a way to balance his past with his new life and find redemption in the contradiction.

film details

Director: Boaz Yehonatan Yacov, Joseph Madmony
Producers: Marek Rozenbaum, Michael Rozenbaum, Jonathan Rozenbaum
Screenwriter: Boaz yehonatan Tacov
Cinematographers: Boaz Yehonatan Yacov
Editor: Ayala Bengad
Music: Assaf Talmudi
Cast: Moshe Folkenflick, Emily Granin, Yonatan Galila, Sivan Shtivi, Shahar Even-Tzur
Country: Israel
Language: in Hebrew with English subtitles (deaf-friendly)
Year: 2018
Running Time: 104 minutes
Primary Company: Menemsha Films

director biography

2019 Film Festival