ʻAlim adumim
Subtitle: Red leaves
By: [director, Bazi Gete]
Contributors: Shiman, Dror H., composer; Sasson, Edan, cinematographer; Goltser, Lev, film editor; Dababa ʼEšatu, actor; Asarsai, Ruti, actor; Dassa, Meir, actor; IndiePix (Firm)
Published: 2017
Language: amh
Format: [videorecording] =
Number of pages: 80
Subjects: Drama; Widowers; Ethiopian Jews; Cultural assimilation; Immigrants; Older men
Other titles: Red leaves
Description: Meseganio Tadela, 74, is a hard, obstinate, and nervous man. He immigrated to Israel from Ethiopia 28 years ago with his family. He has chosen to zealously retain his culture, talks very little, and hardly speaks Hebrew. After losing his wife, he is afraid of dying and being alone. Meseganio sets out on a journey that leads him through his children's homes. He comes to realize that he belongs to a rapidly disappearing class that believes in retaining Ethiopian culture. The harsh reality hits him in the face. Having come to know some of life's new realities, he tries to survive according to his own ways.
Notes: Title from title frame.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2014.

Music, Dror H. Shiman; cinematography, Edan Sasson; editing, Lev Goltser.

Debebe Eshetu, Ruti Asarsai, Meir Dassa.

Rating: Not rated.

DVD; stereo.

Amharic and Hebrew dialogue; English subtitles.