It was a terrible year for Israeli cinema.
Other than "Release My Edge", the hysterical hit of the "What's Up" trio and director Ben Bachar, which has managed to sell nearly a million tickets so far, no local film released in recent months has managed to attract an audience, and has not received its exposure it deserves.
So, just before the next wave of movies floods the screens, let's take a moment to make sure that questions that have already hit theaters will not disappear from the landscape without getting the respect they deserve.
Eight years after the horror hit "Who's Afraid of the Bad Wolf," director Navot Popushdo has released "Milkshake Burning Powder," an international action comedy featuring Hollywood stars, a feminist vibe and a generous amount of stylized violence that has captured Netflix and is expected to bounce his career up a notch.
Gidi Der and Shuli Rand, on the other hand, teamed up with painters David Polonsky and Michael Faust to present The Legend of Destruction, a unique, impressive but also very accessible audio-visual epic depicting the chain of events that led to the destruction of the Second Temple through 1,500 beautiful paintings.
Screenwriter-director Talia Lavie, whose first film "Zero in Human Relations" won hearts and box office hits, finally released her second film, the Jerusalem romantic comedy "One in the Heart", starring Ran Danker and Abigail Harari, and the result was funny, magical and delightful.
"Legend of Destruction", illustration: David Polonsky and Michael Faust
And Nadav Lapid, the "bad boy" of Israeli cinema (if you believe what is written in the newspapers), reached impressive creative heights with his fourth film, "The Knee" - a wonderful and contradictory provocation, which gives a stormy and passionate expression to the culture war in Israel (and the world). .
Each of these films is completely different from the other, but they are all more worth watching, and when placed side by side they also illustrate how diverse, fascinating and quality the local industry is. If you missed them in this round, try to catch them in the next round.
