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    Essential Cinema: THE LONG JOURNEY

    Essential Cinema: THE LONG JOURNEY

    Presented by Austin Film Society at Alamo Drafthouse Village

    March 19, 2013

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    With Actor Alon Pdut in attendance!

    Written and directed by Eran Kolirin
    Cinematography by Shai Goldman
    Original Music by David Peretz and Elan Shufan
    Cast: Shiri Golan, Oded Katash, Nir Keinberger, Alon Pdut
    Israel, 2004, Eran Kolirin, digital, color, 82 min.
    Hebrew with English subtitles

    This insightful character study of an extended family was a TV movie directed by Eran Kolirin, who a few years later would make the much loved THE BAND'S VISIT. Here, in THE LONG JOURNEY he was focused on a young boy obsessed with basketball and with dreams of meeting a famous Israeli player at a practice game his father has promised to take him to. But the father has too many problems -- separation from his wife, gambling debts, and a crumby sales job representing house trinkets no one wants. The boy's mother is trying to date men she meets over the internet, but they are all jerks of one sort or another. Her parents have their own issues, especially her father who is obsessed with a neighbor who seems to always get his way, even with an unjustified "Handicapped" parking sign. The film takes place in less than 24 hours, but during the scenes from that day and night we learn a lot about some everyday people just trying to get by in modern-day Israel. The actor Alon Pdut now lives in Austin and will be on hand for a Q&A following the film. You can see his most recent performance in OUT IN THE DARK, an Israeli film well received at Toronto in 2012.


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        Alamo Drafthouse Village

        2700 West Anderson
        Austin, TX 78757

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        March 19, 2013

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        7 PM

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