The taboo relationship between young Nadav and his Aunt Nina transcends definition on its way to odd highs and lows.
Acting
Ayelet Zurer walks the razor's edge of tragic and absurd.
Writing
Gabizon's script makes cringe feel almost poetic.
Direction
Balances melodrama with deadpan Israeli humor.
Director
Savi Gabizon
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ayelet Zurer later played Superman's mother in Man of Steel—quite the pivot from this messy aunt energy.
The film captures early-2000s Israeli bourgeoisie with painful specificity; the apartment complexes and funeral rituals are period-perfect Tel Aviv suburbs.
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