BEST OF THE FEST: COME CLOSER | קרוב אלי
Dir. Tom Nesher
2024 102 MIN
A once-successful novelist tries to revive his fading career by launching a highly inventive scam. He recruits a reckless actress and trains her to assume the somber identity of a lit Masters student. Their lives will alter forever.
GUEST FILMMAKER
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AVI NESHER is one of the most daring important and influential filmmakers in Israelʼs history. Many of his early films are considered iconic and his five latest features were official selections at the Toronto International Film Festival. Nesher has also received Cinematic Excellence awards from both Jerusalem and Haifa Film Festivals and the Culture Ministry. In 2019, he was awarded Best Director by the Israeli Film Critics Association for his film "The Other Story." In 2021, Nesher was awarded the Academy of Israeli Motion Pictures Cinematic Excellence Award.
Credits
PREMIERE STATUS
L.A. Premiere
CATEGORY
Drama, Comedy
DIRECTOR
Avi Nesher
SCREENPLAY
Avi Nesher
PRODUCER
Moshe Edery, Leon Edery, Avi Nesher, David Silber, Elad Gavish
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Artomas Communications, Metro Communications
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Ziv Berkovich
EDITOR
Isaac Sehayek
MUSIC
Avner Dorman
SOUND
Ronen Nagel
CAST
Adir Miller, Suzanna Papian, Shani Cohen, Ala Dakka, Yaniv Biton, Eran Zaracovitz, Shira Naor
RUNNING TIME
121 min
COUNTRY
Israel
YEAR
2023
LANGUAGE
Hebrew, English, Italian, Arabic with English subtitles
DISTRIBUTOR
IsraeliFilms
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