Israeli writer, screenwriter and director Ilan Heitner once in 1998 wrote his first book “The Wisdom of a Bagel” / Hochmat HaBeygale (versions – pretzel, bagel), but no one wanted to publish it, so the first edition had to be published at their own expense, but after the first 10,000 copies sold, one publisher still drew attention to it, the book was a success. Ilan, who had previously studied economics, decided to film his book, went to New York to study cinema, where he slowly began to shoot something with the cheapest camera. When then in 2002 he began to shoot the film, then again there were no people willing to finance it, so he had to shoot on his own, he paid off with the actors after the film was released. I watched the movie yesterday, at first with some effort, but the second half went better. Of course, it feels like an inexperienced director shot and the script sags in places, but in general for the first experience it is quite good.
The main character Golan (Guy Loel) finishes his studies at the university, it’s time for him to decide both on work and relations with women, but so far he somehow does not work out with either. He has three friends, one of whom Guy (Yoram Zacks) somehow introduces him to his sister Dikla (Osnat Hakim), who came from New York, where she lived for seven years, he immediately gets carried away with her, despite the fact that at first she has some excessive freedom of morals, but then again begins to be burdened with this relationship, and they on his initiative part. After his father’s ultimatum, which threatened that he would remove him from financial support if he did not find a job within a month, he finally finds a job and even a new girl appears in his life, but he does not like either a job or a girl. But suddenly a tragic event happens. Can it make him look at his life as an adult and understand something about it?
