After years of living apart from her dad, Libby, an introverted yet sharp-witted teenager, is sent to live with him is Israel. Her arrival coincides with the outbreak of the second Lebanon war. Libby quickly discovers that her dad, Shaul, is an infantile eccentric, and that he is 'in-between apartments' (in other words, homeless). Shaul comes up with a creative plan to put a roof over their heads - they pose as refugees from the bombarded northern region of Israel, and are taken in by a well-off family in Jerusalem. Finally in a 'normal' household, Shaul and Libby begin to build their father-daughter relationship, but their false identities can't last forever, especially as Libby unleashes teenage fury at the lies permeating her life; those she must tell now, and those she's been fed since childhood.
A precocious teenager's belated reunion with her estranged, eccentric father is complicated by his dishonesty and the 2006 Lebanon War in this quirky slice-of-life drama. Ten years after last seeing her father Shaul (Gur Bentvich), Libby (Elya Inbar) goes to live with him in Israel. Despite being currently homeless, Shaul is determined to give Libby a proper house. To accomplish this, he claims they are a family from the North who have been exiled by war. As a result, Shaul and Libby are taken in by a kindly family in Jerusalem, where they gradually begin to reconnect while maintaining false identities. But as Libby's adolescent angst begins to swell, her fierce determination to confront the many lies in her life threatens to break their tenuous father/daughter bond before it's fully established. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
After years of living apart from her dad, Libby, an introverted yet sharp-witted teenager, is sent to live with him is Israel. Her arrival coincides with the outbreak of the second Lebanon war. Libby quickly discovers that her dad, Shaul, is an infantile eccentric, and that he is 'in-between apartments' (in other words, homeless). Shaul comes up with a creative plan to put a roof over their heads - they pose as refugees from the bombarded northern region of Israel, and are taken in by a well-off family in Jerusalem. Finally in a 'normal' household, Shaul and Libby begin to build their father-daughter relationship, but their false identities can't last forever, especially as Libby unleashes teenage fury at the lies permeating her life; those she must tell now, and those she's been fed since childhood. Format: DVD Rating: R Genre: Foreign Language & International Year: 2011 Release Date: 2013-03-05 Studio: FILM MOVEMENT Director: Maya Kenig Star 1: Elya Inbar
