America

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America

2023

2h 7m

Drama

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Eli is an Israeli swimming coach living in the United States. A phone call notifies him that his father, who he hasn't been in touch with, passed away. Eli reluctantly travels to Tel Aviv for the first time in 10 years to deal with the estate. On his short trip he decides to visit his childhood friend, Yotam. Yotam is running a small and beautiful flower shop in Jaffa, together with his fiancée Iris, a talented florist who, like Eli, is not in touch with her family. When Eli comes to visit the two, he will set in motion a series of events that will affect everyone's lives. A story set between a flower shop and an ancient monastery, between a swimming pool and the Mediterranean, between life and death -- and somewhere in the middle.

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Guy Lodge

Variety

07/06/2022

Braids blunt melodramatic storytelling with a softer, more searching look at conflicted identity, both cultural and sexual. If the film isn’t always narratively credible, it’s sincerely felt to the last.

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Rubén Rosario

MiamiArtZine

09/16/2024

America unfolds over several years, but it feels as if you've known its main characters for much longer. Moshonov, who skillfully oscillates between tenderness, restraint and imploding rage, is the MVP her...

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Andrew Wyatt

The Take-Up

07/16/2024

A delicate, sensitive, and anguished melodrama where there are no heroes or villains, just flawed people searching for intimacy and fumbling their way through life's tribulations. Director Ofir Raul Graizer is the real deal.

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Nora Lee Mandel

Maven's Nest

01/23/2023

8/10

Israeli writer/director Graizer creates a lush, tragic romantic triangle. Appealing characters’ colorful environs reflect their presents and their pasts that determine their fates. Sensitive layers keep the melodrama from overwhelming the affecting story

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Brandon Judell

Brandon Judell (Medium)

01/18/2023

Praised by all of the reviews out so far, America might teach you more about floral arrangements than Judaism, but with its superb cinematography (Omri Aloni), fine acting, and leisurely pace, you’ll have more than enough time to ponder the film’s title.

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Hannah Brown

Jerusalem Post

01/12/2023

It’s not a movie that is easy to categorize and just when you think you have figured out where it’s going, Graizer steers his characters in a different direction.

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Sandy S

08/13/2023

Fascinating and well done, although a little more editing would have helped pick up the pacing.

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sodawater52

03/17/2023

This movie has a lot of very emotional twist and turns. Many young people examine their identities and lives. Very powerful characters with huge hearts and stories. Very artful and full of symbolism. I really liked it except for small details that are only my opinion therefore 4star rating instead of five. I won't reveal not to taint your view. Worth seeing definitely with an open mind about the life lessons we see here and remember it is fiction. Enjoy lovely photography and set design.

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Synopsis

Eli is an Israeli swimming coach living in the United States. A phone call notifies him that his father, who he hasn't been in touch with, passed away. Eli reluctantly travels to Tel Aviv for the first time in 10 years to deal with the estate. On his short trip he decides to visit his childhood friend, Yotam. Yotam is running a small and beautiful flower shop in Jaffa, together with his fiancée Iris, a talented florist who, like Eli, is not in touch with her family. When Eli comes to visit the two, he will set in motion a series of events that will affect everyone's lives. A story set between a flower shop and an ancient monastery, between a swimming pool and the Mediterranean, between life and death -- and somewhere in the middle.

Director: Ofir Raul Graizer
Producer: Itai Tamir
Screenwriter: Ofir Raul Graizer
Distributor: Menemsha Films
Production Co: Laila Films, Mimesis Film, Schiwago Film
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Hebrew
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 16, 2023, Limited
Runtime: 2h 7m

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