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PRODUCTION TEAM
Director :
Avi Mograbi
Script :
Avi Mograbi
Photography :
Avi Mograbi, Eitan Harris, Philip Bellaiche
Editor :
Avi Mograbi
Cast :
Adi Ezroni, Meital Dohan, Tchelet Semel
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AUGUST -- A MOMENT BEFORE THE ERUPTION
Avi Mograbi believes that the month of August can serve as a metaphor for everything that is unpleasant in the state of Israel. His wife, on the other hand, is rather fond of August, seeing it as a very optimistic time of year. When Mograbi goes out into the street to begin filming, he finds himself losing control over what his camera is shooting. Despite that, however, by the very failure to accomplish his mission and document whatever he was after, he succeeds in telling the story he wanted to originally. He goes out to document August, to record what is so horrible about the month, and he ends up becoming August himself. At the same time, his wife is taken captive by the producer of another film, a documentary about the shooting of Muslim worshippers by a deranged Israeli in the cave of Machpela (a shrine to Abraham) in the town of Hebron in 1994. All three characters -- the filmmaker, the filmmaker's wife and the producer -- are played by Mograbi himself.
Avi Mograbi
Born in Israel in 1956, Avi Mograbi studied art history at Ramat Hasharon Art School and philosophy at Tel Aviv University. His filmography includes: Deportation (1989), The Reconstruction (1994), HOW I LEARNED TO OVERCOME MY FEAR AND LOVE ARIK SHARON (1997), HAPPY BIRTHDAY MR. MOGRABI (1999), Relief (1999), Will You Please Stop Bothering Me and My Family (2000) and At the Back (2000).
August 26, 2002 • 16:40:00 • EATON • E5.26.2 •
August 27, 2002 • 19:00:00 • EATON • E5.27.4 •
August 28, 2002 • 17:00:00 • EATON • E5.28.2 •
August 29, 2002 • 21:30:00 • EATON • E5.29.5 •
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