Dolphin Boy
Synopsis
Morad is an Israeli-Arab young man who has lost touch with reality as the result of severe physical abuse. As a last resort prior to hospitalization in a mental institute, his father, As’ad, takes him to the Red Sea, for rehabilitating treatment with Dolphins. His condition has since improved dramatically; however, the process is not complete. Morad has exchanged his own identity with that of a beach-boy; he has a Jewish, soldier, girlfriend and has completely renounced his own past. This is the story of a father’s struggle over his son’s sanity, and about the Dolphins as healers of the human soul.
Credits
Director(s)
Dani Menkin, Yonatan Nir
Producer(s)
Judith Manassen Ramon, Dani Menkin, Yonatan Nir
Script
Dani Menkin, Yonatan Nir
Cinematography
Yaron Levison, Yoav Kleinman, Yonatan Nir, Uri Ackerman
Editor
Tali Halter Shenkar, Melanie Margalith
Original Language
Hebrew, Arabic, French
Subtitles
Hebrew, English
Produced with the help of
Arte and Chanel 4
Sound design
Mickey Assa
Festival Highlights
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Winner
Jury Mention AwardJerusalem International Film Festival2011 -
Winner
Young Audience AwardMillenium International Film Festival2013 -
Winner
Special Jury Mention Award in the category of Conflicts, Religions and (non)violenceReligion Today Film Festival2012 -
Nominated
International Green Film AwardThe Cinema for Peace Award Ceremony, Berlin
Millenium International Film Festival, Belgium, 2013
Documentary Edge Film Festival, New Zealand, 2012
Religion Today Film Festival, Italy, 2012
Zagrebdox International Film Festival, Croatia, 2012
Hotdocs International Film Festival, Canada, 2011
Jerusalem International Film Festival, Israel, 2011
Reviews
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"The film seems headed to become another touching tribute to the irony of superior Israeli medical care amidst the region’s continuing violence,.. The underwater photography is beautiful."
- Nora Lee Mandel, Film Forward
