A Film by Shevi Rosenfeld 
(Israel, 2003, 52 Minutes, Color, Hebrew, English subtitles)


Israel 2002. Intifada. Nava Rosenfeld, a 59 years old architect from Tel-Aviv, a grandmother of six and the director's mother, decides, in light of current events and despite the protests of people around her, to stop staring at the news on TV and to volunteer for reserve service at the front line.

With mixed emotions of love, concern and quite a bit of cynicism, the director/daughter follows her mom's new path, her ideology, her fears and the new friends made by a woman whose desire to take part and make a difference is shattered by typical male arrogance, somewhere on the front line.

Through the description of my mom's attempts to deal with the war,  a personal story is revealed about the gap between an indifferent younger generation and the concerned generation of their parents; about dry male rationalism, about a woman among men and about the after-mid-life crisis... and especially about the relationships between a mother and her daughter. During this period in which I try to understand what my mother is going through, I open my door and my ears, maybe for the first time with such intensity and interest, to my mom's inner world.

AWARDS & FESTIVALS

 Haifa Film Festival, Israel
 Thessaloniki Film Festival, Greece (market)


TV SCREENINGS

 Yes Docu, Israel
 Spain and Portugal – Documentary channel