Looking for Moshe Guez

A nostalgic, gently obsessive hunt for a lost film and its vanished maker, mixing cinephile detective work with personal memory.

Directed by

Avida Livny

Genres

Documentary

Starring

Miri Ben-David, Karin Dadon, Shalom Damari

Overview

Looking for Moshe Guez is a personal documentary by Avida Livny: “When I was a 10-year old boy a friend invited me to watch a must-see video that his older brother has rented: a horror film that included nude scenes and violent images of rape and of children being murdered – all in Hebrew. After many years I have found out that this film, which transformed my childhood, is considered by some to be the worst Israeli film ever made, that his director has disappeared, and so have the film reels – and that most likely I am the only person who still remembers it. I have decided that I have no choice but to look for Moshe Guez, the director, and find out his long lost film, The Angel was a Devil…”

How it feels

Melancholic, whimsical, dark and warm. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Memory, obsession, art, identity

Content

Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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