CIFF47: PSQ March 22 – April 1, 2023 | Streams April 2 – April 9, 2023

The Dive
(Hatzilla)

Year: 2018
Country: ISRAEL
Language: Hebrew
Run Time: 91 minutes

The Dive
The Dive
The Dive
The Dive
The Dive

After a year of estrangement, Yoav, the prodigal son, returns to his family’s kibbutz for his father’s funeral. There he reconnects with his brothers, Itai and Avishai. With the 2006 Lebanon War raging, Yoav’s youngest brother, Avishai, prepares for the battlefield. Avishai is undertrained and unprepared for war, but all Israeli men must do their time. Yoav and Itai have both previously served, with very different military experiences. The hyper-masculine Itai tries a tough love approach to prepare Avishai for war, while Yoav, who still suffers greatly from PTSD, tries to convince his youngest brother not to go. While attempting to carry out their late father’s last wishes, resentment and tensions escalate. Their dysfunctional relationships create a totally unique dramedy that at times is laugh-out-loud funny. THE DIVE is sprinkled with morbidly comedic moments—moments that can perhaps only exist in a society so familiar with constant conflict. Largely autobiographical, THE DIVE’s writer and director, Yona Rozenkier, stars in the film with his two real-life brothers, and the authenticity shows. (In Hebrew with subtitles) —G.S.

CIFF43 Screenings

Monday, April 01, 2019 at 4:10 PM

Tuesday, April 02, 2019 at 9:10 PM

Wednesday, April 03, 2019 at 11:55 AM

Sidebar
Jewish and Israeli Visions

Competition
International Narrative Competition

Director

Director
Yona Rozenkier

Yona Rozenkier was born and raised in kibbutz Yehiam in 1981 and graduated from the Steve Tisch School of Film and Television at the Tel Aviv University.

Filmography
THE DIVE (2018)

Producers
Efrat Cohen, Kobi Mizrahi

Screenwriting
Yona Rozenkier

Cinematography
Oded Ashkenazi

Editing
Or Lee-Tal

Principal Cast
Yoel Rozenkier , Micha Rozenkier , Yona Rozenkier , Claudia Dulitchi , Miki Marmor , Daniel Sabag , Shmuel Edelman

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