• The Other Story

    Directed by Avi Nesher
    Israel | 117 minutes | New Jewish Stories

  • The Other Story

    Directed by Avi Nesher
    Israel | 117 minutes | New Jewish Stories

Family disputes and conspiracies take center stage in Avi Nesher’s lively drama exploring a hot-button issue: the divide between Israel’s secular Jews and the ultra-Orthodox.

film synopsis

Director Avi Nesher (Past Life, PSIFF 2017) concocts a lively drama that explores a hot-button issue: the divide between Israel's secular Jews and the ultra-Orthodox. Past Life star Joy Rieger plays Anat, a troubled young woman at odds with her entire family when she enters a Haredi community and plans to marry the newly religious Shachar, a musician previously known for his wild ways. Sasson Gabai charms as Anat's worried grandfather Shlomo, a renowned psychologist who schemes about ways to stop her. Knowing that falsehood is the thing that Anat hates most, Shlomo enlists the help of his son Yonatan, Anat's father who returns from the United States, and also Yonatan's outspoken ex-wife to prove that Shachar's reform is not what it seems. Meanwhile, the issues of a divorcing couple that Shlomo is counseling provide a counterpoint to the central narrative.

film details

Director: Avi Nesher
Producers: David Silber, Avi Nesher, David M. Milch
Screenwriter: Avi Nesher, Noam Shpancer
Cinematographers: Michael Abramowicz
Editor: Isaac Sehayek
Music: Cyrille Aufort, Nathan Goshen
Cast: Joy Rieger, Sasson Gabai, Maya Dagan, Yuval Segal, Nathan Goshen
Country: Israel
Language: in Hebrew with English subtitles
Year: 2018
Running Time: 117 minutes
Primary Company: Strand Releasing

director biography

2019 Film Festival