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Returning Premiers

1976 · 15 min

A quiet, dreamlike drift through one lonely evening, blurring what is real with what is imagined.

Directed by
Amos Guttman
Genres
Drama
Starring
Zvika Shmueli, Arnon Zadok
Overview
Amos Guttman's short film follows one evening in the life of a boy who works in a puppet theater. The film, which blends reality with imagination and materialization and hallucination, describes the preparations for the premiere that will take place the day to come, the boy's connections with those around him, his loneliness and his dreams.

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Directed by
Amos Guttman
Genres
Drama
Starring
Zvika Shmueli, Arnon Zadok
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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • isolation
    • identity
    • art
    • loneliness
    Places
    • workplace
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • nonlinear
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror2
    Humour2
    Realism5
    Romance1
    Tension3
    Darkness5
    Complexity7
    Emotional weight6

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Amos Guttman
    Written by
    Amos Guttman
    Starring
    Zvika Shmueli, Arnon Zadok
    Cinematography
    David Benchetrit
    Runtime
    15 min
    Country
    Israel
    Languages
    Hebrew

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