Weekend in the Galilee

Weekend in the Galilee (2008)

סוף שבוע בגליל

Autumn 1996. Avner, a highly-regarded Professor of Arts and his young wife, Ilana, come to visit the family farm run by Rachel and Shouki, (his children from a first marriage) and Menahem (the brother of his deceased first wife). Avner is in pain and needs a doctor. Rachel calls up Joel a physician and a friend of the family. Joel and Ilana are having a secret relationship that began during a previous visit to the farm. Menahem is in love with Ilana and Rachel with Joel. They are unaware of the love affair between Ilana and Joel. Avner came this time to the farm with a proposition to sell the farm. This brings all the latent conflicts in the family to break loose. The movie, inspired by Tchekovs "Oncle Vania", is above all an Israeli story. It depicts the weariness, the frustrations and pain of large segments of Israeli society, their love to the land and to one another, their dreams and their hope.

Date of release
2008-05-29
Runtime
1h 39m
Genres
Drama
Director
Moshé Mizrahi

Casting

Interesting facts

A Weekend in the Galilee is a 2007 Israeli drama film directed by Moshé Mizrahi. The screenplay written by Mizrahi and his wife, Michal Bat-Adam. It is loosely based on the 1897 play, Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov. It was Mizrahi's final film before his death in 2018.

Production

The film marked Mizrahi's first feature in 11 years, since Women (1996). Mizrahi had been teaching cinema at Tel Aviv University since the early 1990s, with his film projects facing financing and other issues.

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