Distortion
These are the days of the Intifada in Israel: suicide bombing, tension and anxiety. Emotionally scarred in the wake of a terrorist attack, a Tel Aviv playwright attempts to make sense of the carnage and his own tangled personal life by writing a new play. But when writer’s block sets in, Haim desperately seeks a creative spark by hiring a private eye to trail his girlfriend, a documentary filmmaker. The decision throws their world out of kilter, as his stage play, her documentary, and the real life investigation all become dangerously interwoven. The drama builds and boils, and at the end reaches a surprising theatrical climax. Noted Israeli film and TV writer-director Haim Bouzaglo—winner of numerous international awards including the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival—brings an original mix of filmmaking styles to this potent and challenging drama about the malaise of contemporary life in Israel.