America

America (2022)

אמריקה

An Israeli swimming tutor living in Chicago returns to Israel after 10 years of absence to bury his father. An encounter with a beloved childhood friend and his newly engaged girlfriend will set a series of events that will affect everyone's lives. A story set between a flower shop and an ancient monastery, between a swimming pool and the Mediterranean sea, between life and death - and somewhere in the middle.

Date of release
2022-12-08
TMDB
4.6 / 10 (5)
Runtime
2h 7m
Genres
Drama, Romance
Director
Ofir Raul Graizer

Casting

Interesting facts

America is a 2022 romantic drama film written and directed by Ofir Raul Graizer. It follows a swimming coach, who returns to Israel from the United States after his father's death, and his childhood friend's fiancée, who is a florist.

Production

Graizer conceived of the film in Chicago when he visited the United States for the first time when The Cakemaker was invited to a festival. According to Graizer, the title America symbolises "a place of longing" and "a distant dream" he had as a child growing up in Israel in the 1980s.

The film was shot in 2020 in Tel Aviv and Berlin. Graizer's husband Daniel Kossow, a production designer and florist, designed the flower shop.

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