Shikun

Synopsis

A diverse cross-section of Israeli society converges in a single multi-use building, the Shikun. As people of different languages, origins, and generations come together in highly theatrical encounters, they grapple with the current state of affairs. In a poignant metaphor inspired from Eugene Ionesco’s famous play Rhinoceros, some begin to turn into rhinoceroses, while others resist.

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About the director(s):
Amos Gitai was born in Haifa, Israel. While studying architecture, he took part in the 1973 Yom Kippur War, during which he was wounded. He became a filmmaker in 1980 with House, and since then has made numerous fiction and documentary films, which have won him considerable international recognition. Four of his films were presented in competition at the Cannes Film Festival (Kadosh, Kippour, Kedma, Free Zone), and six others at the Venice Film Festival (Berlin Jerusalem, Eden, Alila, Promised Land, Ana Arabia, Yitzhak Rabin's Last Day). Amos Gitai also directs for the theater and has designed installations/exhibitions in several museums (Kunstwerke-Berlin, Biennale Evento-Bordeaux, Palais de Tokyo-Paris, Palazzo Reale-Milan, Museum of Modern Art MOMA-New York, Centre Pompidou, Cinémathèque française, Museum Reina Sofia-Madrid...). Several complete retrospectives of his work have been shown around the world.

Amos Gitai

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