A Film by Mooly Landesman (Israel, 2005, 90 Minutes, Color, Hebrew, English subtitles)
This is the story of the human spirit's journey from its very lowest point to the height of self and social -awareness. The journey takes place in the hard drug detoxification department - at the Tsalmon Prison.
The department includes Jews and Arabs who share a common fate; their relationships are totally detached from everything happening outside the prison walls. Dr. Talina Wincor is founder and director of the center. A woman within a world of men, she paves her way into the souls of her patients with a gentle touch and a firm hand.
Slowly but surely, the clichés and slogans fade away, exposing the core of the prisoners' souls, and their choice emerges: to work on making a new life, or return to the cycle of crime and drugs.
In the framework of the treatment, two brothers meet. The younger is about to be released from the prison; the older one, who introduced his younger brother to heroin at age 14, remains in the department to deal with his past and his actions.
AWARDS & FESTIVALS
Haifa International Film Festival, Israel International Festival of Audiovisual Programs (FIPA), France
TV SCREENINGS
Channel 1, Israel
QUOTES
"The Last Chance, in its best moments, reminds one of the best documentarists, like Fredric Weissman of the USA. Slowly the film develops into a creation closing on us. It is simply a good and strong film, heart touching". (Ha'arets newspaper, Israel)
"In front of the camera a very impressive human person evolves. Self instructive and complex, the person's conscience gains the ability to control his life. This is the most important added value, which gives the film its unshakeable power". (Maariv newspaper, Israel)
"Landesman's first achievement in her moving and exquisite film was the ability to expose the misery of those trying to kick the habit, their anxiety, that, which is part and parcel for those terrified in their souls". (Yediot Achronot newspaper, Israel)
Haifa International Film Festival, Israel