SHIKUN

SHIKUN

A movie directed by Amos Gitai Amos Gitai  

Israel / France / Switzerland - 84 min - fiction - 2023

Synopsis:

A diverse cross-section of Israeli society converges in a single multi-use building, the Shikun. As people of different languages, origins, and generations weave in and out of each other in a poignant metaphor drawn from Eugène Ionesco’s famous play Rhinoceros, some begin to turn into rhinoceroses; others resist.

Cast:

Irène Jacob
Bahira Ablassi
Hana Laszlo
Sara Gitai
Pini Mittelman

Technical info:

DIRECTED BY
Amos Gitai
WRITTEN BY
Marie-José Sanselme, Amos Gitai
CINEMATO­GRAPHY
Eric Gautier
EDITING
Yuval Orr
SOUND EDITING
Stéphane Thiébaut
SOUND DESIGN
Ronen Nagel
MUSIC
Alexey Kochetkov

Festivals, awards and prizes:

Berlinale Special 2024