From 1977 to his untimely death in 1993, Amos Gutman directed six films, all of them deeply personal reflections of his own life. Fascinating footage of Amos Gutman on his film sets convey the passions that come through in scenes from his films, lovingly selected by documentarian Ran Kotzer. Like Fellini, Gutman transformed his dreams and everyday conversations with friends and family into integral parts of his pictures. He dared to portray subjects that were taboo in his society, and his search for the right of individual expression is the connecting link of his works. Gutman is most remarkable for his striking and original use of the frame.
Every shot is a treasure.
You get answers more outrageous than you could have possible imagined. George is 73, a gay writer born in Shanghai and now living in London. Nana is the 92 year-old grandmother of the director who lives in Israel. Both are Iraqi Jews in exile, George voluntarily and Nana as a result of having been uprooted by anti-Semitic persecution in Iraq, her place of birth. George has lived an outrageous life, always outside of the mainstream, while Nana is the matriarch of a traditional Jewish family.