Next to Her (2015)
Next to Her (2015)
WEB-Dl 1080p | MKV | 1920x1080 | x264 @ 4586 Kbps | 85 min | 2,82 Gb
Audio: Hebrew AAC 2.0 @ 128 Kbps | Subs: English (srt), Hebrew (embedded)
Genre: Drama
WEB-Dl 1080p | MKV | 1920x1080 | x264 @ 4586 Kbps | 85 min | 2,82 Gb
Audio: Hebrew AAC 2.0 @ 128 Kbps | Subs: English (srt), Hebrew (embedded)
Genre: Drama
Director: Asaf Korman
Stars: Liron Ben-Shlush, Dana Ivgy, Yaakov Zada-Daniel
Rachel, 27, is raising her sister Gabby, 24, all by herself. When the social worker finds out she leaves her sister alone in the house while at work, she is forced to place her in a day-care center. For the first time in her life she shares the upbringing of her dear sister with someone else, her daily routine collapses and the huge void, left by her sister's absence, makes room for a man in Rachel's life. That man, Zohar, tears another crack in the symbiotic relationship of the two sisters. Rachel hangs on to his love as if it was a life belt. But her inability to lead a normal, intimate and emotional relationship with anyone but her sister, forces them into a twisted threesome, where boundaries between love, sacrifice, nurturing and torturing – are broken.
IMDB - 9 wins
I am not going to summarize the plot as another reviewer has done so already. I will simply make a few comments so you will see the movie yourself. at first I thought that this was the usual difficult home situation movie like Monster Ball with the typical claustrophobic feeling I get from Israeli movies. The last few scenes made me think otherwise. Wait for it.
Secondly, the Hebrew title is a popular song that is played at the end of the movie. I translate the title as "You're my Night" but my Hebrew is crummy. The English title describes the movie better.
Both Liron Ben-Shlush and Dana Ivgy provide remarkable performances. Ben-Shlush portrays what was must have been a difficult family situation for her. For me, Dana Ivgy is the most remarkable performance. Until now, I have only seen Ivgy play bimbos in Israeli movies to date. As the autistic sister, I didn't recognize her until the credits. There's no Oscar for autism but this is better than Dustin Hoffman in Rainman.
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Next to Her (2015)
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