The Fifth Heaven
Synopsis
1944. Palestine is under the British Mandate.
Maya (13) arrives at a remote orphanage. Her mother has left for America without a trace and her father has remarried. At the orphanage, Maya meets Dr. Markowski, an old family friend who seems baffled by her appearance. During her time at the orphanage Maya unravels the secret in her life and falls in love with Duce (25), the fiancé of an orphanage worker and a member of an anti-British terrorist faction. In a world in which ideals have gone bankrupt, the residents of the orphanage await the end of the Second World War and hope to be liberated from their personal and national isolation. This is the story of the beginnings of Israeli society.
Credits
Director(s)
Dina Zvi Riklis
Producer(s)
Yifat Prestelnik, Moshe Edery, Leon Edery
Script
Dina Zvi Riklis & Alma Ganihar
Cinematography
Shai Goldman
Editor
Yosef Grunfeld
Original Music
Josef Bardanashvili
Cast
Yehezkel Lazarov, Amit Moshkovitz, Rotem Zisman-Cohen, Alena Yiv, Guy Adler, Aki Avni
Original Language
Hebrew
Subtitles
English
Costume Designer
Rona Doron
Art Director
Tamar Gadish
Based on a novel by
Rachel Eytan
Sound Designer
Aviv Aldema
Photo Credit
Yifat Prestelnik Films
Festival Highlights
Washington Jewish Film Festival, USA, 2014
Baltimore Jewish Film Festival, USA, 2013
New York Jewish Film Festival, USA, 2013
San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, USA, 2012
Syracuse International Film Festival, USA, 2012
Tiburon International Film Festival, USA, 2012
Jewish Motifs International Film Festival, Poland, 2012
Atlanta Jewish Film Festival, USA, 2012
Hamptons International Film Festival, USA, 2011
Haifa International Film Festival, Israel, 2011
Reviews
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"A touching and authentic period piece"
- Amy Kronish,israelfilm.blogspot, March 2012
