The second film of the trilogy about Vivivan Amsalem, directed by Ronit Elkabetz and Shlomi Elkabetz, is "Seven Days" / Shiva, 2008. Suddenly, one of Vivian’s brothers, Maurice, dies and the whole family gathers at his widow’s house for a traditional seven-day mourning (shiva), which at first is a very heartbreaking sight. The case
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The second film of the trilogy about Vivivan Amsalem, directed by Ronit Elkabetz and Shlomi Elkabetz, is "Seven Days" / Shiva, 2008. Suddenly, one of Vivian’s brothers, Maurice, dies and the whole family gathers at his widow’s house for a traditional seven-day mourning (shiva), which at first is a very heartbreaking sight. The case is aggravated by the ongoing war at this time, so the action is interrupted a couple of times by the air alarm siren. Vivian Eliyahu’s husband, with whom she, as it turns out, no longer lives, makes another attempt to bring her home, but she is adamant. He swears he will never give her a divorce. The participants of the event try to comply with the demands of the ceremony of mourning, but they are not very successful - and because they are not very committed, apparently, to the religious tradition, unlike Eliyahu, who makes remarks on this occasion. In addition, it turns out that mourning is mourning, the brother was loved by everyone, even the wife of another brother, but they all have a lot of problems - both their own and common, so they deviate from the procedure, from time to time even scandals break out, accumulated grievances are expressed, problems of bankruptcy of one of the brothers are discussed, and there is no special unity with the desire to help him somehow. Again, we see a community of unhappy people, even though deep down they may be close and still love each other. In the end, they reunite in a procession going, most likely, to the cemetery. Life is a complicated thing and people are not very good at managing it.
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