The Long Journey

Shaul, Etti, Illana and Eddi. Each one of these in his own unique, special way, is trying to improve in life. In the end, their desires become revealing dreams that all wish to attain or, at least, to get close to their objectives. The heterogeneous group consisting of Shaul, Etti, Illana and Eddi wake to reality and, in Zur Hadassim, they discover that their dream has always been and always will be ?close to our heart, but far from our reach?.

The intimate confines of psychotherapy sessions are seen from the perspective of a therapist and individual patients.

A small Egyptian police band travels to Israel to play at the inaugural ceremony of an Arab arts center, only to find themselves stuck in the wrong town.

16-year-old Lucia joins the Catholic school choir where she befriends senior Ana-Maria. During a choir retreat Lucia's attraction to a restoration worker creates tension with Ana-Maria and challenges her faith.

Sami was at his parents’ house back in the village, when peace began to break out. He had gone there with his wife and kid for his brother's wedding . Back in the village people told him, “There’s no place like home,” and asked when he’d be coming back, but deep down Sami knew that he had forgotten. You can’t be away for that long without forgetting something.

David is discharged from the army after serving for 27 years. He returns to his home and family after being distanced from them for years, and tries to find himself in his new civilian life. He believes that, like his friends who retired from the military before him, he too will find his way in some managerial position in the private sector, but he has difficulties adapting to the pace of the “new Israel”, a competitive culture obsessed with success and money.

A family man becomes obsessed with looking at his own life out of context.

A philosophical tragicomedy about space, time, cinema, and wars, composed of six episodes, all together forming an absurdist footnote – somewhat divorced from reality – to the current events in the known universe.