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NOR BY DAY NOR BY NIGHT | לא יום ולא לילה

Dir. Phinehas Veuillet90 min2024

Dir: Phinehas Veuillet
90 min
2024

A Sephardic Baalei Teshuva family tries to integrate within the insular Ashkenazi Haredi community in Bnei Brak. Their son Raphael, a prodigy, is not accepted into a prestigious yeshiva. His mother, Ahuva, tries to handle the situation peacefully, but his father, Shmuel, a handyman with great faith, struggles to accept the situation. Shmuel fights to change this decree, leading to the family’s ostracization and their children’s expulsion from local institutions. A dramatic event shakes both the family and Haredi society, probing their shared faith. The film explores the struggles of Baalei Teshuva, their faith, their escape from the past, and the personal cost of their journey.

Credits

PREMIERE STATUS
U.S. Premiere
CATEGORY
Drama
DIRECTOR
Phinehas Veuillet
SCREENPLAY
Phinehas Veuillet, Aharon Israel
PRODUCER
Marek Rozenbaum, Michael Rozenbaum, Jonathan Rozenbaum
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Transfax
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Ziv Berkovitch
EDITOR
Evelyn Shafir, Haim Tabakman, Ayala Bengad
MUSIC
Karni Postel
SOUND
Nati Zeidenstadt
CAST
Eli Menashe, Adam Hatuka Peled, Maayan Amrani, Shmuel Vilozny, Maya Cohen, Dorit Lev Ari
RUNNING TIME
90 min
COUNTRY
Israel
YEAR
2024
LANGUAGE
Hebrew and French with English subtitles
DISTRIBUTOR
MENEMSHA FILMS
FESTIVALS AND AWARDS
2024 Jerusalem Film Festival - Israeli Feature Competition