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Under Water

2003 · 90 min

A quiet, emotionally charged drama about a girl reconnecting with her estranged father through swimming, balancing grief and hope.

Directed by
Eitan Londner
Genres
Drama
Starring
Agam Rodberg, Dan Toren, Hila Alpert
Overview
Yonatan, Michal's dad, turned orthodox and left her family when she was very yang. 7 years later, when he appears at her mother's funeral, all the anger and tensions in the family are brought up again. Michal on the other hand, is very curious, and tries to find a way to communicate with her father. They find common interest in competitive swimming, a hobby that Michal picked up, and which her father, as it turn out, used to be a serious contestant in.

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Directed by
Eitan Londner
Genres
Drama
Starring
Agam Rodberg, Dan Toren, Hila Alpert
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • grief
  • coming-of-age
  • faith
  • identity
Places
  • small town
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Eitan Londner
Written by
Eitan Londner, Hagai Tevet
Starring
Agam Rodberg, Dan Toren, Hila Alpert, Ofer Seker, Nurit Banai-Corne
Cinematography
Yaron Scharf
Runtime
90 min
Country
Israel
Languages
Hebrew

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