Ahed’s Knee movie storyline. A celebrated Israeli filmmaker named Y arrives in a remote desert village to present one of his films at a local library. Struggling to cope with the recent news of his mother’s terminal illness, he is pushed into a spiral of rage when the host of the screening, a government employee, asks him to sign a form placing restrictions on what he can say at the film’s Q&A. Told over the course of one day, the film depicts Y as he battles against the loss of freedom in his country and the fear of losing his mother.
Ahed’s Knee (Hebrew: הַבֶּרֶךְ, romanized: Habereḵ, lit. ’The Knee’) is a 2021 internationally co-produced drama film directed by Nadav Lapid. It was selected to compete for the Palme d’Or at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival. At Cannes, the film shared the Jury Prize with Memoria by Apichatpong Weerasethakul.
The film was selected to compete for the Palme d’Or at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, it had its premiere on 7 July 2021 in the festival. It was also selected in ‘Icon’ section of 26th Busan International Film Festival and was screened in the festival in October 2021. It was invited in the Soul of Asia section at the 52nd International Film Festival of India for screening in November.
Ahed’s Knee (2022)
Directed by: Nadav Lapid
Starring: Avshalom Pollak, Nur Fibak, Yoram Honig, Yonathan Kugler, Lidor Ederi, Amit Shoshani, Yehonathan Vilozni, Naama Preis, Ortal Solomon, Mili Eshet, Oded Menaster, Netta Roth
Screenplay by: Nadav Lapid
Production Design by: Pascale Consigny
Cinematography by: Shai Goldman
Film Editing by: Nili Feller
Costume Design by: Khadija Zeggaï
Art Direction by: Omri Yekutieli
Makeup Department: Noa Yehonatan
MPAA Rating: None.
Distributed by: Pyramide Distribution (France), Kino Lorber (United States)
Release Date: July 7, 2021 (Cannes), March 18, 2022 (United States)
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