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Latzuf (2010)
Israel
Maine Premiere

Producer
Lenny Cohen

Director
Inbal Gibrolter

Written By
Inbal Gibrolter

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daVinci's Eatery (2): Saturday, April 14, 2012 1:30 PM
 

Reut (Roni Merhavi), 16 years old, is fat, with gentle features, Her parents do not know how to deal with her weight gaining and raging outbursts, so they decide to send her for therapy in the children's ward for eating disorders.
In the hospital, Reut meets Lilach. Lilach (Ayala Lipshitz) is the complete opposite of her, a skinny and pale anorexic, as beautiful as an angel- more like half an angel. They are attracted to one another like a ying-yang, two halves of the same whole. If only Lilach could starve Reut's fat body, and Reut could feed Lilach's skinny body…two complementary diseases and two lost girls trapped in between.
The hospital's daily routine is difficult for rebellious Reut. She is forced to deal not only with her weight, but for the first time in her life with her parents, and blames them entirely for all her problems.
The need to be in a place where everyone is sick with external diseases, quasi-physical, and understanding that her disease is not just the outcome of her doing but a psychological disease.

Length of Film: 30 minutes

Festivals List:

Official Selection of:

Independents' Film Festival, Tampa, FL, 2011
Transforming Stories International Christian Film Festival, South Africa, 2011
LA Femme Film Festival, Beverly Hills CA, 2011
Eugene International Film Festival, Eugene, OR, 2011
Prizes:
Best Actress in a short film
Radar Hamburg International Independent Film Festival
Hamburg, Germany, 2011
UNA Global Wake-Up Festival, Chicago, 2011
JamFest Indie Film Festival, Hammond Louisiana, 2011 Alexandria Film Festival, Alexandria VA, 2011
Starz Denver Film Festival, Denver, 2011
Prizes:
Special recognition for best acting in a drama.
Chashama Film Festival, NYC, 2011
Prizes:
Best Actress in a short film
Rendezvous with Madness Film Festival, Toronto, 2011
Vox Feminae Festival, Croatia, 2012
Garden State Film Festival, Asbury Park, NJ, 2012