Crossing Europe

One Week and a Day

1 hr. 38 min. | Drama, Comedy | Pegi 13

When Eyal (actor Shai Avivi) finishes the traditional Jewish week of mourning for his late son, his wife (actress Evgenia Dodina) urges him to return to their routine. Instead, he gets high with a young neighbour (actor Tomer Kapon) and sets out to discover that there are still things in his life worth living for. Asaph Polonsky’s debut feature One Week and a Day provides a nuanced perspective on loss that is as merciless as it is funny and insightful.

Asaph Polonsky

Asaph Polonsky

Asaph Polonsky was born in Washington, DC in 1983. In Israel, where he grew up, he directed, wrote and produced two short films, both official selections of the Jerusalem Film Festival: Zipper and In Bed At 10 PM. In 2010 he attended The American Film Institute Conservatory’s Directing Program where he directed the 2013 Student Academy Award Nominee thesis film Samnang, which premiered at the New York Film Festival and won awards, and also screened at several film festivals internationally.
Languages
IW
Subtitles
Lithuanian, English
Original title
Shavua Ve Yom
Produced
2016: Israel

Film information

Director
Asaph Polonsky
Producers
Naomi Levari
Cast
Sharon Alexander, Shai Avivi, Evgenia Dodina, Uri Gavriel, Carmit Mesilati Kaplan, Tomer Kapon
More information
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