A Thin Line

A Thin Line

1980 · 90 min · ★ 6.4 · Drama

Explores the relationship between an eleven-year-old daughter and her ailing mother, who is losing a grasp of reality in the surrounding environment of insensitivity and cruelty.

Directed by Michal Bat-Adam · Written by Michal Bat-Adam

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