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The Wounded Healer

  • Israel
  • Documentary
  • 2018
  • 54 min.
  • Director(s): Yochai Rosenberg
  • Producer(s): Ron Ofer

Synopsis

Criminologist Dr. Dan Philipp has devoted his career to treating sexual offenders. The intense encounter with evil has not shaken his belief in the basic humanity of even the worst criminals. “Our attitude towards sex offenders lacks compassion because we fear we resemble them,” he says. At 87, Dan travels to his native city of Aachen in Germany, to attend a memorial ceremony for Gisela, his first love. There, he must engage with the dark side of his own life.

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Credits

Director(s)

Yochai Rosenberg

Producer(s)

Ron Ofer

Script

Yochai Rosenberg

Cinematography

Danor Glazer

Editor

Yitzhak Sverdlov

Original Music

Asher Goldschmidt

Original Language

English, German

Subtitles

Hebrew, English

Soundtrack

Avi Mizrahi

Festival Highlights

  • Winner

    Best Editing Award
    DocAviv Film Festival
    2018

Camerimage Film Festival, Poland, 2018

DocAviv International Film Festival, Israel, 2018